spence@utstat.uucp (Ian Spence) (12/03/88)
In my department we use a Sun 3/280S as a server. Several clients are connected to it via Ethernet. In addition to using the machine as a straight Unix box, we also run PC-NFS. People with PCs, XTs, ATs, and 386 machines running DOS can treat directories on the Sun like local hard drives for their PCs. In general, this works very well. There is one area where I am less than happy. When the PC is used as a terminal to log onto the Sun under Unix (rather than using the Sun under DOS via PC-NFS), Sun provides a terminal emulator called PC-NFS Telnet which works, but is rather kludgy and has limited features. It also requires that all the PC-NFS drivers (which take up quite a bit of room) be loaded in the PC. I have a feeling that there must be something better out there. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone with a different solution (commercial or public domain). Naturally I will edit and post interesting responses. Ian Spence spence@utstat.toronto.edu Department of Psychology spence@psych.toronto.edu University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1A1 (416) 978-7623 BITNET: spence@utoronto
pathak@s.cs.uiuc.edu (12/06/88)
You may want to look into NCSA Telnet. Version 2.2 is availible now and the best part is that it is Public Domain. You can get is by downloading from zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu using anonymous ftp.
jxh@cup.portal.com (Jim - Hickstein) (12/06/88)
You might look at PC/IP, a sort-of-multi-thread implementation of TCP/IP, including Telnet and FTP clients and servers. I used it a while ago simply to connect two machines with 3Com 3C501's with no other servers on the network, and it worked quite well. Its originator is a ham, KA9Q, so I call it KA9QPCIP. I found it on a Fido board out near Bakersfield, CA., but I don't think I could dredge up the number at short notice. I have a feeling that it is more widely available than that: I can only suggest that you look in "all the usual places" where shareware is found. Lame, I know. Anyway, it seemed to be a pretty straightforward Telnet client and should, I am led to imagine, talk successfully over any Ethernet to any other TCP/IP thing out there. (Shows how much *I* know about all this, huh?) The price was right, at least. -Jim Hickstein jxh@cup.portal.com ...!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!jxh
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (12/07/88)
I recommend NCSA Telnet. It handles much of the Telnet and FTP
functions (it doesn't do full screen 3270 operation without
running TN3270 as well). It supports a variety of ethernet
boards. And it's free. I've found that I can do without most
of the PC-NFS functions when I have telnet/ftp.
Mike Berger
Department of Statistics
University of Illinois
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
{convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!bergerrudolf@acadch.UUCP (Rudolf Kuenzli) (12/09/88)
Yes there is something nice around which seems to better & more simple then
Sun's Telnet. But the best of all it's free of charge as long it is not
distributed commercially.
NCSA Telnet for the PC
You may obtain a copy for $ 20 from:
NCSA Telnet for the PC --- orders
152 Computing Applications Building
605 E. Springfield Avenue
Champaign, Illinois 61820
I hope they are still there. If you can't get it, I will 'uucp' my tar file
to you. Let me know!
Rudolf Kuenzli uunet!acad!acadch!rudolf