txr.usc-cse%rand-relay@sri-unix.UUCP (07/21/83)
simply supplying a pointer -- I am not affiliated with NRC in any way. There is a company in Los Angeles, Network Research Corporation, which sells software that runs on vax unix which talks XNS, the Xerox Network Systems protocol. Anyone interested should contact them for exact details, but the price shown on my price list is small (2-4) thousands of dollars. The pointer info: Network Research Corporation 1964 Westwood Boulevard Suite 200 Los Angeles, CA 90025 Phone: (213) 474-7717 TWX: 910-343-6906 My understanding is that NRC will sell software for vax unix that talks XNS which (1) performs low level (i.e., socket) driver activity, (2) provides file transfer protocol, including remote login, execution, sending mail, and (3) provides higher level protocols such as used by Xerox star file servers -- in other words, you can use your vax as a Xerox file server (thereby perhaps saving the $50,000 cost of buying one from Xerox). Again, this is not official from NRC but only my impressions from their announcements and talking to them on the phone -- please contact NRC for specific and/or definite details. Tim Rentsch