[comp.sys.hp] TCP/IP solutions for the HP-3000

jdr@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Jim Ray) (08/13/90)

Sorry for the delay, but things have been crazy at work.

I received many responses from my earlier post concerning TCP/IP solutions
for the HP-3000.

The following response sums it up:

> From: Walter Underwood <wunder@hp-ses.sde.hp.com>
> 
> Talk to The Wollongong Group.  I think the product is called WIN/H3000.
> It uses the HP-written TCP/IP in the MPE kernel, and adds the basic 
> services.  Current releases of MPE talk Ethernet in addition to 802.3,
> but you may need to enable it.
> 
> It should work fine with other systems, though you will need to put
> the other addresses into the MPE network directory (local equivalent
> of a host table).  Because the terminal interfaces on the 3000 are
> half-duplex, the TELNET client is half-duplex.  Don't expect to login
> to a full-duplex host from the 3000 and enjoy it.  The terminal
> hardware just won't support it.  I'm pretty sure that the MPE/XL
> machines have full-duplex terminal support, so things wil get better
> in the future.
> 
> Walter "a TCP/IP user, not an MPE user" Underwood

I'm now off talking to Wollongong about the possibility of having the
HP run DNS ( Domain Name Services ) for host name lookups.  Initial
repose from the Wollongon sales-person was "I'm sure we have it ".  I'm
not quite so confident. If I find anything else out, I'll post.


Many thanks to:
     Walter Underwood <wunder@hp-ses.sde.hp.com>
     Harry Page <bbs@actrix.co.nz>
     Craig Warren <ccw@deakin.OZ.AU>
     Walt Howard <howard@ee.utah.edu>
     Ed Alcoff  <oldera@obelix.twg.com>
     Chris Webster <WEBSTER@AC.DAL.CA>
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