NET--a powerful file-transfer facility

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6497338

Burris, R. D.; Hammons, C. E.; Kemper, C. O.

The NET command and system provide access to a network that includes DECsystem-10s, PDP-11s, PDP-12s, PDP-8s, IBM System/360s, and a CDC 7600. A DECNET-style command syntax is used. Full wildcard capability is provided for transmission, retrievals, and third-party transfers. The NET command was made to interface to existing programs transmitting to the IBM and CDC equipment. For transfers between DECsystem-10s, a spooler was written to support file transfer through asynchronous (teletype) lines, a DAS78 fron end, or a DL10 link to a PDP-11/45. The PDP-11/45 is itself a node in the network. Users on many nodes can direct files to the 11/45 for storage, printing, plotting, or routing to some other node. It is between DECsystem-10s that the most powerful and free interchange of data is possible. Possible source devices include all directory devices and ersatz devices. Destination devices include all devices and queues that do not require operator intervention. 2 figures.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6497338
• Report Number(s): CONF-781159-3
• Resource Relation: Conference: Fall DECUS U.S. symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, 27 Nov 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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