NETOPRMS@NCSUVM.BITNET (Michael Steele) (09/20/88)
I am completely new to this newsgroup and know NOTHING about TCP-IP other
than it is a protocol used to communicate between different UNIX systems
typically over Ethernet. The group I'mm in just aquired a CTIX mini-mainframe
running UNIX with WEST-coast TCP-IP software. We are located in Raleigh, NC
and need the East Coast version. Supposedly the company or someone is getting
this for us....but that was a month ago. Do public domain versions exist of
this software for our Convergent Technologies system...or where could I
purchase such a package?
Also a clarification of WHAT TCP-IP is would be nice.
Thanks in advance Mike
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> typically over Ethernet. The group I'mm in just aquired a CTIX mini-mainframe > running UNIX with WEST-coast TCP-IP software. We are located in Raleigh, NC > and need the East Coast version. Supposedly the company or someone is getting > this for us....but that was a month ago. Do public domain versions exist of > this software for our Convergent Technologies system...or where could I > purchase such a package? [] Watch out for that WEST-coast TCP; it goes into TIME-WARP state east of the Mississippi! -): Larry Bacman
Mills@UDEL.EDU (09/22/88)
Larry, Smile when you say "timewarp." I must assume the difference between the eastern and western versions is that they assume timing is derived from line-frequency clocks and that the means used by the power grid east of the Rockies to synchronize is different from that used westward. In the east, the master clock is controlled manually from a site in Ohio, while in the west, the system is closed-loop and automatic. My measurements disclose a factor of ten reduction in jitter and wander of western clocks with respect to eastern clocks, which show daily excursions up to five seconds in summertime. I can tell you about Quebec clocks and Texas clocks and even German clocks, all of which use different mechanisms. I assume special versions will be produced for these systems as well. As for me, I'd use NTP and a crystal-derived clock anyway. Dave