[comp.protocols.nfs] PC/NFS for OS/2 or DOS4.0

ruck@ostrea.shell.com (John A. Ruck) (02/07/90)

Does anyone know of any available package, either PC/NFS or similar
product that is compatible with OS/2 or DOS 4.00.  I am tired of
fighting the 640K barrier games.

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geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) (02/07/90)

Quoth ruck@ostrea.shell.com (John A. Ruck) (in <RUCK.90Feb6111434@ostrea.shell.com>):
#Does anyone know of any available package, either PC/NFS or similar
#product that is compatible with OS/2 or DOS 4.00.  I am tired of
#fighting the 640K barrier games.

There are no OS/2 NFS implementations currently available as far as I
know.  However, one or more products should become available over the
next year or so.  For example, IBM's recent announcement of TCP/IP for
OS/2 included a statement of direction that indicates that the second
release will include NFS client support. No dates, but my guess is
Q3'90.

As for DOS 4.00, all of the commercially-available DOS NFS
implementations (Sun's PC-NFS(R), FTP Software's InterDrive, and Beame
& Whiteside's BW-NFS - I don't know if Siemens' package is shipping
yet) work under DOS 4.00. How does that help with the 640K barrier? You
can use QEMM or 386-to-the-Max to get some extra space on 386's, and
QRAM should help on 286s, but it's still DOS underneath.

Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM)
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jlk@boron.siesoft.co.uk (Jim Kissel) (02/19/90)

Siemens DFS 1.0b supports DOS 4.0

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