chris@SALT.ACC.COM (Chris VandenBerg) (04/29/89)
A good Friday afternoon to all, I'm looking around for TCP/IP implementations for the following system and was wondering if anyone would care to share knowledge and/or experiences. The systems are H/P 1000, Prime 50 series(I think) and a rather "experienced" (I hesitate to say old) B-7900, which is, I believe, a Burroughs system, now supported by UNISYS?? (Please note the question marks, they are indicative of how sure I am of my facts here (:*). THanks in advance for any help you would care to offer, Chris VandenBerg ACC (chris@salt.acc.com) (805)963-9431
wunder@HP-SDE.SDE.HP.COM (Walter Underwood) (05/02/89)
I'm looking around for TCP/IP implementations for the following system
and was wondering if anyone would care to share knowledge and/or
experiences. The systems are H/P 1000, ...
Hewlett-Packard now sells FTP and Telnet for the HP 1000. It is a
separate product from the NS Services (HP-proprietary stuff). I think
that the plan is to include Telnet and FTP in the NS product for all
customers as part of release 5.2 in late 1989. Supported systems
will get that update. If you need it *now*, you can order ARPA/1000.
Here are the basics, from a information sheet that I have. I'll mail
the whole thing to Chris VandenBerg, these are just the highlights for
any other HP 1000 users out there.
ARPA/1000 provides basic multi-vendor networking for the HP1000, for
users who don't need all the power of NS/1000 or who need additional
services or links not currently in NS. It provides file transfer (FTP)
and virtual terminal (TELNET), using TCP/IP over Ethernet and 802.3
LANs. Address resolution using ARP and PROBE is provided. It does NOT
include SMTP, UDP, Berkeley Sockets, or Berkeley Services. It also does
NOT work over X.25 or point-to-point links.
The only required software will be release 5.1 of RTE-A, VC+, and
LAN/1000 Link. You will need at least 1.5 Mb of RAM.
The product manager is Mike Cohen (Mike_Cohen%1b%hp6600@hp-sde.sde.hp.com).
If you need more info than your local field office can give you, contact
Mike.
Walter Underwood
PS: It has been great to see HP come around to TCP/IP during the last
four years. When I started work here, HP had a TCP/IP transport with
proprietary services, and no (zero) products with the normal ARPA
services (Telnet, FTP, and SMTP). Pretty grim. Now we have products
or commitments for every computer we make (except for the HP-41
calulator). The transport guys are implementing VJ TCP, we'll be
shipping a supported nameserver, sendmail/MX, and so on. There is
more work to do, but it is really a tremendous turnaround in four
years.