[net.micro] RT's 4.2 and XNS

kevin@harvard.UUCP (Kevin Crowston) (01/29/86)

Does anyone know if the RT's version of BSD 4.2 includes support
for the XNS protocols?  Can anyone describe its network capabilities
in more detail?

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Kevin Crowston				UUCP: {seismo,ut-sally}!harvard!kevin
MIT Sloan School of Management		ARPA: kevin@harvard.ARPA

skip@ubvax.UUCP (Skip Addison Jr) (01/29/86)

In article <658@harvard.UUCP> kevin@harvard.UUCP (Kevin Crowston) writes:
>Does anyone know if the RT's version of BSD 4.2 includes support
>for the XNS protocols?  Can anyone describe its network capabilities
>in more detail?
>
>-- 
>
>Kevin Crowston				UUCP: {seismo,ut-sally}!harvard!kevin
>MIT Sloan School of Management		ARPA: kevin@harvard.ARPA

IBM's Academic Information Systems 4.2 for the IBM RT PC includes support for
TCP/IP, rlogin, rsh, rcp, ftp and TELNET.  The hardware supported is (to
quote from IBM's ACIS announcement:

o  Ethernet:

   Several Ethernet controllers are available; IBM Academic Information Systems
   4.2 provides a sample device driver for the Ungermann-Bass Ethernet con-
   trollers, numbers 2274A and 2273A, which have been tested in the IBM RT PC
   with IBM Academic Information Systems 4.2.  Ethernet controllers are not
   available from IBM and must be supplied by the customer.

o  IBM 6100 Token-Ring Network Adapter:

   The 6100 Token-Ring Network Adapter provides connection of the IBM RT PC 
   Models 6150 and 6151 to the IBM Token-Ring Network.  The network uses the
   IBM Cabling System for physical connection and a token-ring access proto-
   col for network traffic control.

NOTE:  Installing either two Ethernet adapters, two IBM Token-Ring adapters,
or one of each, in the same hardware configuration is not supported and is
not recommended.

(end of IBM quote)

Note that AIX the Sys V derivative for the RT supports the IBM PC Network
Adapter and not the Ethernet or Token-Ring adapters.

-- Skip Addison
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