Local Area Transport

Local Area Transport ( LAT) is a technology developed by Digital Equipment Corporation network technology. It connects between DECserver (Terminal Server) and VAX or Alpha hosts through Ethernet. It is mainly for access to serial devices such as terminals and printers. Since 1984, it made ​​possible by the " virtualization " of the terminal port on the host to use the peripherals ( terminals and printers ) in greater numbers and distance to the host because the expensive local interfaces (eg VAX -BI interface cards) by cheaper could be Ethernet devices (Terminal Server) replaces and supplements. Moreover, it was so additional functionality can be implemented, for example, several virtual sessions on a serial terminal (eg VT220 ).

  • Ethernet
DEC Alpha Host (network)
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