DEDOUREK@UNB.CA (11/10/88)
We have some PC's and some Unix systems built around the ICM32000 computer boards (which use the National 32016 processor). The national boards came with a binary only release of Unix System V, with no TCP/IP support. We are currently investigating the possible use of the KA9Q package as an inexpensive method of communicating among these systems, usinging asynch lines and slip. I would appreciate comments on the following: 1) Has the KA9Q package been used in a Multi-User Unix environment? What modifications have been made to do this. 2) Are any of the other packages discussed in this group adaptable to this use? (e.g. NCSA) 3) Are there other packages of which we are not aware? 4) Are there other groups (accessible to BITNET) which might provide useful information on this topic? This being a University, and the need for communication among these systems being of a light sporadic nature, a heavy investment in hardware/software cannot be justified at the present time. Therefore we are looking for rather economical solutions. John DeDourek School of Computer Science University of New Brunswick Fredericton, N.B. CANADA E3A 4Z6 E-mail: dedourek@unb.ca domain address dedourek@unb BITNET/NETNORTH address dedourek@unbmvs1 BITNET/NETNORTH address for machines with old tables
timk@NCSA.UIUC.EDU (Tim Krauskopf) (11/14/88)
The TCP/IP in NCSA Telnet is specifially designed for non-blocking, non-preemptive, event driven systems. This is perfect for DOS and the Macintosh. One side-effect is that the code does not require mutual exclusion or context saving anywhere. Lightweight, but not very UNIX adaptable. Tim Krauskopf timk@ncsa.uiuc.edu (ARPA) National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign