gda@creare.UUCP (Gray Abbott) (01/13/88)
We're considering using a 386 PC as a "very smart" terminal to a Unix machine (e.g. an Alliant), but a serial line will be too slow for our application, so I'm looking for Ethernet hardware and software for the PC. We need TCP/IP support and we want to write our own terminal emulator so what we really want is a library of routines we can call from C to talk over the Ethernet. So far, I've talked to Novelle (sp?) but they mainly want to sell their LAN software for file transfers, etc. What's out there? (If you'll reply by mail, I'll summarize.) ...dartvax!creare!gda
hundt@wind.bellcore.com (tom hundt) (01/23/88)
In article <588@creare.UUCP> gda@creare.UUCP (Gray Abbott) writes: |We're considering using a 386 PC as a "very smart" terminal to a Unix |machine (e.g. an Alliant), but a serial line will be too slow for our |application, so I'm looking for Ethernet hardware and software for the |PC. We need TCP/IP support and we want to write our own terminal emulator |so what we really want is a library of routines we can call from C to Well, down the hall from me is a guy by the name of Phil Karn. He has written a package called 'NET', a TCP/IP implementation for packet (ham) radio. Included in the package is support for 3COM ethernet boards. Also included are FTP and Telnet. [I'm using my PC as a terminal just this second, at 38kbaud :-) Great for netnews! ] It works, it comes with source, and it's free. /-^-\ Thomas M. Hundt / BELLCORE Morristown NJ / hundt@bellcore.bellcore.com | | {seismo|ihnp4|ucbvax|decvax|ulysses|allegra|clyde}!bellcore!hundt /--_--\