peter@citcom.UUCP (Peter Klosky) (10/14/87)
Does anyone know if it is now possible to run 2.2.0 xenix and a
Micom-Interlan Ethernet card at the same time? As near as we've
been able to determine, everybody running Micom-Interlan has
been blocked from upgrading to 2.2.0 xenix due to the existing
2.1.3 driver not being compatible with the new os. I know we have
talked about this before on the net, but I'm just hoping that
someone has a solution to this problem by now. Certainly we've
heard nothing from Micom-Interlan about this.
We have great expectations about getting new software for these
boards; we have to reboot the PC's often when they quit talking
to the ethernet. They do tend to utter pleasing messages such as
"NP600 unit 0: tcp_pull out of band" and
"rcpy: protocol screwup. Lost connection."
when they fail. We have not had any problems restoring service
after these failures; problem goes away with a reboot. This happens
about 3 times a week.
--
Peter Klosky, Citcom Systems (materiel de telecommunications)
seismo!vrdxhq!baskin!citcom!peter (703) 689-2800 x 235billy@cadeta.UUCP (Billy Hinners) (10/15/87)
In article <102@citcom.UUCP> peter@citcom.UUCP (Peter Klosky) writes: >Does anyone know if it is now possible to run 2.2.0 xenix and a >Micom-Interlan Ethernet card at the same time? We have been running SCO Xenix 2.2 for the 286 with the Micom-Interlan board for quite some time without difficulty. We use Micom's driver version 1.1. The only catch was that Micom's installation script tried to add the drivers to the file /usr/sys/io/lib_io which SCO had changed in 2.2 to /usr/sys/libio.a. The simplest way around this is after installing the software: cd /usr/sys/io rm lib_io ar rv libio.a /usr/interlan/drivers/*.o ranlib libio.a After that, follow the installation procedure as described in the Micom documentation. We have not had any problems with this. Now, if you would like to use the Micom-Interlan board with SCO Xenix 2.2 and the 32 bit 386 Operating System, you are in for some real trouble. Micom does not have a driver for the 32 bit Xenix and it is a very low priority for them. We called several times attempting to find out when or if something might be available, and they said we are the only ones who have requested it. So, if this is what you want, please call them so they will realize they actually have customers who use their product with 386 Xenix. -- Billy Hinners No warranty is made as to the correctness of the Autodesk, Inc. above information, and the views expressed herein Atlanta, GA. do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. gatech!cadeta!billy