ash@relay.eu.net (Andrew Hardie) (10/31/90)
Does anyone know if it is possible to get non-Xenix machines to become part of a Xenix Micnet network and if so, how? Any and all suggestions gratefully received, except those asking why I would be daft enough to want to do this. Thanks -- Andrew Hardie London, England ash@omega.uucp
rogerk@ucscc.ucsc.edu (11/01/90)
>Subject: Micnet on non-Xenix? > >Does anyone know if it is possible to get non-Xenix machines to >become part of a Xenix Micnet network and if so, how? >Any and all suggestions gratefully received, except those asking >why I would be daft enough to want to do this. OK, I'll be the first...why *would* you be daft enough to want to do this???? Since the protocols are not documented, it would be somewhat difficult to do this on a host which won't run Xenix binaries. If your other hosts will run Xenix binaries, you only have the licensing issue of running parts of the SCO OS on a non-SCO OS, since there are no driver pieces and I think no Xenix specific system calls involved. My dim memories recall that Micnet is an adaptation of the Berkeley berknet. Perhaps starting with berknet source, should you even be able to turn that hoary ghost up, might be a good way to start. Perhaps in the spirit of Open Systems, I can manage to scare up some documentation on the protocol. Other elements of its operation can easily be deduced by watching it run (you know, "the solution is left to the student to work out"). Roger Knopf "Alas, poor Schoenberg; whose SCO Consulting Services aesthetic is perhaps too fine to be uunet!sco!rogerk or rogerk@sco.com caught in the gross colander of mass 408-425-7222 (voice) 408-458-4227 (fax) appreciation." --Karl P. Henning