21 Feb
2026
21 Feb
'26
3:27 p.m.
Hiya.
Is DECnet for RT-11 still lost? If not, anyone got a link to it?
thx
jake
21 Feb
21 Feb
3:46 p.m.
On 2/21/2026 9:27 AM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk wrote:
Hiya.
Is DECnet for RT-11 still lost? If not, anyone got a link to it?
thx
jake
AFAIK still lost. There is a guy in AZ that might have it (he has a vast
archive of stuff) but he just moved and it may be a while before he can search.
--
John H. Reinhardt
4:16 p.m.
Thank you John. Could you tell me the AZ guy’s name, perhaps off-list, as not to be
overtly public about it?
thx
jake
On Feb 21, 2026, at 10:56, John H. Reinhardt via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2/21/2026 9:27 AM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk wrote:
Hiya.
Is DECnet for RT-11 still lost? If not, anyone got a link to it?
thx
jake
AFAIK still lost. There is a guy in AZ that might have it (he has a vast
archive of stuff) but he just moved and it may be a while before he can search.
--
John H. Reinhardt
9:13 p.m.
On Feb 21, 2026, at 11:53 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Feb 21, 2026, at 7:28 AM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On the other hand, the even more obscure DECnet/8 was found a couple of years ago. Its
main limitation is that it is Phase I, which is not compatible with any later DECnet. I
have some support for it in DECnet/Python development code.
paul
Hiya.
Is DECnet for RT-11 still lost? If not, anyone got a link to it?
thx
jake
I have been looking for a copy for nearly thirty years.
Zane 
9:22 p.m.
Where can DECnet/8 software be found and are there any manuals or notes how
to use it?
Am Sa., 21. Feb. 2026 um 22:14 Uhr schrieb Paul Koning via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>gt;:
On the other hand, the even more obscure DECnet/8 was found a couple of
years ago. Its main limitation is that it is Phase I, which is not
compatible with any later DECnet. I have some support for it in
DECnet/Python development code.
paul
On Feb 21, 2026, at 11:53 AM, Zane Healy via
cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Feb 21, 2026, at 7:28 AM, Jacob Ritorto via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Hiya.
Is DECnet for RT-11 still lost? If not, anyone got a link to it?
thx
jake
I have been looking for a copy for nearly thirty years.
Zane
9:38 p.m.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On the other hand, the even more obscure DECnet/8 was
found a couple of years ago. Its main limitation is that it is Phase I, which is not
compatible with any later DECnet. I have some support for it in DECnet/Python development
code.
Yes. Back in the mid-80s when I was using a PDP-8/a at home every day
(128Kw memory, RL8A/RL01... nice system), I had heard about DECnet/8
but it was hard to track down even then. It was widely
known/understood at the time it was only Phase I, but still, it was
*networking* for a PDP-8!
I did manage to get RTS-8 working on that machine, with OS/8 in a
process. I never ended up writing any from-scratch stuff for RTS-8
but I did go through the documentation examples and got it working.
-ethan
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