mlaufer@CCT.BBN.COM (Michael Laufer) (09/26/89)
I would like to thank all the people who answered my inquiry about X.25 boards
for PC/AT machines. I should have added that I need a board that works with
MS-DOS (not Unix) with the TCP protocol suite. The following is a summary of
the information I received:
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Frontier Technology Milwaukee Wisc. (414) 964-8689. Dr. Prakash president.
MS-DOS X.25 board. TCP module with FTP, TELNET, and SMTP.
Access to raw X.25 and raw TCP.
Board is DDN Certified. TCP is DDN certified. Blacker certified.
Did not inquire about Unix.
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Scope Inc. Reston VA. (703) 471-5600 George Semancik
MS-DOS DDN certified PC/AT board. Software by FTP Software Inc.
Scope has discontinued its DDN certified MicroGateway product line. They are
looking to sell it if someone is interested.
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From: cmills.bbn.com
Adax Inc. (415) 548-7047 630 Bankroft Way Berkeley CA. 94710
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Unix only. TCP suite DDN certified. Can support 2 simultaneous connection of
56 Kbs..
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From: cmills.bbn.com
Gateway Communication 2941 Alton Ave. Irvine CA. 92714 (714) 553-1555
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Raw X.25 only.
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From: cmills.bbn.com
ACC (805) 963-9431
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Vaxes only. VMS
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From: cmills.bbn.com
Retix (213) 399-2200
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Raw X.25 and OSI protocols (levels 1/2/3) only.
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From: eric@terminus.UMD.EDU
About a year ago I wrote a driver for the Western Digital x.25 PC board
WD4025a. They run about $300, the software that is distributed with it
is not real useful -- that's why I had to write my own.
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Novell Network X.25 only.
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From: ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried III)
Check out The Software Group in Canada. Don't have the address or phone
number right here, but they have ads in Unix Review, etc. most months.
They have a good product and they are a pleasure to deal with...
From: dialogic!drich@uunet.UU.NET (Dan Rich)
The Software Group Ltd. X.25, TCP/IP, NETCOM II
2 Director Court, Suite 201 Products for:
Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada L4L3Z5 XENIX 386, UNIX 386
(416) 856-0238
Fax: (416) 856-0242
Usenet: uunet!tsgfred!netcom2
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Unix only.
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From: thinman@cup.portal.com: 415-659-1450
Streamlined Networks has a 386/unix
TCP/IP implementation for UNIX and XENIX on 386's.
We've got a driver for an X.25 card from The Software Group in Toronto, Canada.
Their stuff works on the U.S., Canada, Japanese, and German public networks.
Supposedly this means it should be easy to certify for the DDN.
Lance Norskog
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Unix only.
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From: dialogic!drich@uunet.UU.NET (Dan Rich)
Rabbit Software Rabbit hardware X.25/NETCOM II
7 Great Valley Parkway East
Malvern, PA 19355
(215) 647-0440
Fax: (215) 640-1379
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No MS-DOS or Unix. QLLC interface ????
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From: dialogic!drich@uunet.UU.NET (Dan Rich)
Systems Strategies Inc. Mostly IBM comm.
225 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 279-8400
Fax: (212) 967-8368
From: thinman@cup.portal.com: 415-659-1450
System Strategies (NY NY) supposedly has a DDN-certified X.25 card, too.
Marv Friedman is their president, Nynex owns the whole damn company.
SS mostly does IBM SNA synchronous cards.
Lance Norskog
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Unix only.
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From: "Shawn R. Campbell" <srcampb%anagld.uucp@BBN.COM>
You might want to check Communication Machinary Corporation (CMC)
out of Santa Barbara, California. They make a variety of TCP/IP boards
for VME, Multi, and AT bus platforms. At my prior company, I worked
quite extensively with their ENP-30 which is a Multibus, 802.3 and
X.25 intelligent network card that included TCP/IP. Their applications
had to be ported to a Xenix operating system, but they do provide all
TCP protocol suite applications including SMTP with the board.
I had a lot of problems with their X.25 software, but I believe
it works fine now.
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No board level product (MS-DOS or Unix)
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From: douglas%twg-ap.uucp@BBN.COM
Eicon Technology of Montreal, Canada makes X.25 cards for
PC's. Wollongong's WIN/TCP for 386 STREAMS Release 3.1
(for 386 AT sysems running UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2)
supports their EiconCards. Eicon can be reached at
514-631-2592.
From: "Michael A. Shiels" <mailrus!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!tmsoft!mshiels@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
The company in Ottawa Canada is Eicon and they have an EXCELLENT implementation
of an X.25 card. The API is based upon Netbios which means that your software
doesn't have to poll the card for input waiting etc. It will tell you!
From: CERF@A.ISI.EDU
There is a Canadian outfit called EIKON, Inc. which is based
in Ottawa, I think (or perhaps Toronto), which makes such a board.
I am sorry I don't have the address/phone - it was about 4-5 years
ago that I looked into this. They may be out of business, for all I
know today.
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Raw X.25 only for MS-DOS. IP router with streams interface for Unix.
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From:???
DCA. IRMA board (800) 241-IRMA (4762)
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Raw X.25 only. No sales in the US. Europe only.
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