What is the NIC on the VMS for? Is it possible to use Cosession over ethernet, if so, how do you assign an IP address to the VMS?
TIA

The NIC is used if you are using any unified message options, I think the CTI version of VM is needed. To program this is easier now than it used to be, but I would have to look up the steps.

i think the nic is useless unless you have the cti mail. you can get a link if you plug it into a hub but nothing can be done (as far as i can tell......i'd have to call nec to get a definite answer tho)

VMS platform = DOS;
ECTI platform = OS/2;

The circuit boards were, in the past, interchangeable - NEC simply slapped the HDD on a given board with the NIC support for ECTI enabled.

There is no ethernet / network functionality if your VMS board has a RJ-45 NIC plug.