[comp.sys.hp] LM/X

spinkert@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Scott Casto Pinkerton) (10/12/89)

I recently read in PC Week (Sept 25 1989 issue) pg 44 that HP is releasing
a new product called LM/X.  From PC Week - "HP LAN Manager/X, its Unix
implementation of Microsoft Corp.'s LAN Manager, and pledged to ship the
software for its HP9000 Series minicomputers by the end of the year."

What exactly is this new product, any "special" or otherwise interesting
features in this product ??  Will it be bundled with the next OS release
after 7.0 or will this be a separate product ??

jrc@hpdml93.HP.COM (Jim Conrad) (10/18/89)

The LAN Manager/X provides MS-DOS and OS/2 clients with access to the UNIX
file system and spooler.  The clients run the real Microsoft redirector and
the emulation occurs at the UNIX side of the connection.  The server includes
many LAN Manager extensions that were not available in MSNet.  HP's product
will operate over TCP/IP.

JimC
jrc@hpbsrl