SLOAN%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA (01/19/84)
I have two PCs up and running on ChaosNet. I use the VERY LOWEST LEVEL of 3Com's stuff (GetAddress, SetAddress, SendFrame, ReceiveFrame) with no problems whatsoever. We have better machines to use for file servers and the like, so almost everything I have written is user-level (a MAIL sender, user-CFTP, and the like.) Everything from the low level 3Com support on up is home brew, in IBM Pascal, and includes Chaos support up to and including Streams. One of the PCs acts as an "interaction server" - it handles a touch sensitive display and a writable optical videodisc and offers net access to these services. Again, no problem. So...if you are home-brewing, I can vouch for 3Com's hardware. If you want off-the-shelf, no data. -Ken Sloan