jbvb@ftp.UUCP (James Van Bokkelen) (10/10/87)
There seem to be two TCP/IP implementations for the HP3000. Neither is really what the person I was asking this for wanted, at least at the moment... One was done by BBN for a government contract. It had user and server Telnet, and user FTP. It was done on a Series 3 under MPE IV, and later ported to a Series 44 under MPE V/P. It needs modifications to the O/S, so you have to have a source license. BBN says they aren't pushing it, but money could persuade them to bring it up on newer machines/versions of the O/S. Another is the Netxport II transport layer used by HP's Networking Services product. It is apparently a TCP/IP transport layer, developed for use by HP's private protocols, but supposedly accessible by user-written programs for the standard ARPA services. The Wollongong Group is said to be developing FTP, Telnet and SMTP, presumably on top of the existing transport. I was told that this was scheduled for availability in April, 1988. jbvb