We were not using a VAX.  We were using a machine called the "RT-PC" and it
ran BSD 4.3 or 4.2 (I disremember which).
=====
nygeek.net
mindthegapdialogs.com/home <https://www.mindthegapdialogs.com/home>


On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 10:05 AM Henry Bent <henry.r.bent@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 at 10:00, Marc Donner <marc.donner@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> (Back in the mid-1980s when I wanted to connect IBM Research connect to
>> uunet we started with friends at DEC, since their node was pretty central.
>> Their management intervened and told us that we could connect through
>> decvax if we called our machine 'ibm-vax' ... I rejected that.  We ended up
>> connecting through another research lab nearby.)
>>
>>
> Was IBM Research using a VAX as their point of contact with the outside
> world?  What was it running?
>
> -Henry
>