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DECnet Isn't Dead

Posted by timothy on from the it's-living-with-disco dept.

Ronald Dumsfeld writes "The odds of folks under the age of 25 on Slashdot having heard of DECnet are pretty slim. This article over at Datamation gives some insight into people who've not given up on it. Poke around and find the documentation for the OSI-compliant version, or download the Linux version of the older DECnet IV and bask in the Security Through Obscurity."

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  1. and bask in the Security Through Obscurity... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    not anymore.

  2. I don't know about you... by LegendOfLink · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but I nearly fell off my chair when I read...

    Ronald Dumsfeld writes

    Ronald Dumsfeld...hilarious!

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  3. Anyways... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In other news: the Gopher protocol still lives on!

  4. Under 25? by Alex+P+Keaton+in+da · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I am 27, and nothing about me is slim, however I do have some familiarity with this. Number one, and I am serious, I read a lot (don't get out much- not since my girlfriend started losing air...), and computer history is interesting to me, and number 2, I actually went to a school district where as wee ones in the gifted class (I was in there due to a clerical/administrative error) were heavily exposed tothe computer tech of the day. I actually have spent plenty of time using an acoustic modem, the type where the old style phone compnay receiver fits in the the two holes on the modem.... Now those were cool. Even ascii images took 30 minutes to download with .05 BAUD....

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  5. Re:Runs in the family by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's your grandparent's name? I used to know a lot of the people who worked at DEC during their golden years.

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