DEC LAT - Windows 2000/XP driver

[Milan Velebit]

Running a DEC 4200 VAX VMS 5.5.2 system and want to use the LAT protocol access on a Windows 2000/XP pro system with Attachmate KEA! 420 software. However, the Attachmate software does not have the Windows LAT driver and I can not find one. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Ian Miller.]

Why LAT?

DECnet is available as part of the pathworks client.

[Milan Velebit]

There are 2 reasons. First, I believe that DECNET is not installed and/or configured on the VAX, and second the Pathworks client is not installed on the client, which has the Attachmate KEA software that emulated a VTxxx terminal, either using serial/modem lines or LAT service. However, KEA needs the Windows LAT driver. Thanks.

[Volker Halle]

Milan,

Pathworks 32 Client also offers connectivity via the LAT protocol.

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/pathworks32/

Volker.

[Milan Velebit]

Thank you - I will look into it further, and I guess that the LAT driver will be on the Pathworks client distribution. - Milan

[Basil Hendroff]

Not used the Attachmate terminal emulator before, but a google reveals that KEA! 420 is not supported on 2000/XP. It appears that KEA! 2000 is though. If you plan to stick with Attachmate, you may need to consider upgrading.

If not, Pathworks and Reflections are a couple of good alternatives. There are others as well.

Better still, is TCP/IP installed on the VAX? If so, and there are no special emulation requirements, just use a generic TCP/IP emulator (free) such as HyperTerminal built into 2000/XP.

[Martin Vorlaender]

Milan,

back when KEA! was still named KEAterm there was a product by the same company named KEAlink LAT. But I believe it has not been updated in some time, so it probably won't work under 2k/XP.

cu,
Martin

[Andy Bustamante]

Depending on your networking environment, Cisco has support to translate telnet to LAT within a variety of devices. I've had customers use this option with excellent results.

[Doug Phillips]

Milan,

If you have a newer Pathworks 32 client CD (version 7.4 is the latest one I have) then you can install LAT from that. Just don't install the license requestor or anything else. The CD also contains the PowerTerm 525 terminal emulator which does a very nice job.

-Doug

[Ian Miller.]

If you have a VMS Distribution kit then the Pathworks client CD should be included.