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Re: Removing ARCNET stuffs
Johnny Billquist
> On 2015-05-28 21:19, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote:
> > Paul_Koning%Dell.com@localhost writes:
> >
> >> And DECnet nodes exist around the Internet; the “Hobbyist DECnet”
> >> group (“hecnet”) is the main focus of that activity as far as I know.
> >
> > ...and while I'm sure Johnny Billquist can supply more details, and
> > correct me if I'm wrong, DECnet on NetBSD seems to me to be an active
> > component of the hecnet environment.
>
> Nope. NetBSD do not run DECnet. I run a bridge program, which I
> initially developed on NetBSD, but it runs on pretty much anything.
>
> I also hack NetBSD/VAX on and off, but it's becoming more and more "off"
> with every new development within NetBSD. But that's a different story.
>
> Oh, and DECnet on Linux is not so great either, and I believe it has
> been dropped from the main tree.
> But if anyone wants to try and get NetBSD to talk DECnet, Paul and me
> can certainly help in many ways.
>
I expressed my concerns regarding DECNet removal to Ryota in a private mail.
I regret that I don't have enough resources to keep this code in the repos.
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