gib@unirot.UUCP (gib wallis) (11/07/86)
What software handles ARPA communications on UNIX machines, and where/how is it obtained? -- ..!rutgers!unirot!gib OR gib@unirot.UUCP "Power can command wealth, but wealth can't always command power."
mac@esl.UUCP (Mike McNamara) (11/10/86)
In article <124@unirot.UUCP> gib@unirot.UUCP (gib wallis) writes: >What software handles ARPA communications on UNIX machines, and where/how >is it obtained? > > > > >-- >..!rutgers!unirot!gib >OR gib@unirot.UUCP >"Power can command wealth, but wealth can't always command power." I am right in the middle of this. As distributed, 4.2 & 4.3 BSD include software in /usr/sys/netimp which supports communication to an IMP via the 1822 protocol. However, ARPA is trying to get away from 1822 and move towards X.25. Advanced Computer Communications, of Santa Barbara, CA, sells an interface board, (Unibus or Q-bus) which drive x.25, plus cables, distribution panel, and x.25 device driver routines for both 4.2 & 4.3 BSD. The whole kit costs $6500, and is called something like SCP-6250. Other software required is TCP/IP, which is an itergral part of BSD unix, so no cost. For SYS V, I don't know. -- ------------------------------------+ | Michael Mc Namara | | ESL Incorporated | | ARPA: mac%esl.UUCP@ames.ARPA | ------------------------------------+----------------------->[]