mario@utcsstat.UUCP (07/06/83)
A group at the University of Toronto has proposed using a Xerox Star in combination with a VAX/Unix system for an upcoming project. Communications between the two systems will be vital. The Star supports Ethernet as part of the XNS (Xerox Network Standard (?)) but it does not appear that it will be possible to write applications programs for the Star. Does anyone have experience with uucp-XNS communications or uucp using Ethernet? Is there a better way to make these machines talk to each other? Please reply by mail to ...!decvax!utzoo!utcsstat!mario. Thanks in advance, Mario Ruggiero University of Toronto Computing Services Toronto, Ontario, Canada
hdj@burdvax.UUCP (07/08/83)
I'm told that, barring further "political unrest," Xerox will be releasing XNS software for the Vax (under Unix) within a few months. Or you could buy the Star configured as a Dandelion (Xerox 1108?) Lisp machine (running Interlisp-D) and be running under 3- or 10-mb Pup protocols, as I am doing right now (although I'm using a Dolphin). Pup isn't "state-of-the-art" anymore, but it works fine! And Interlisp-D is a very fine environment to work in. Herb Jellinek, burdvax!hdj