CCMK@lure.latrobe.edu.au (Mark Kosten - Computer Centre, La Trobe Uni.) (12/20/90)
I just thoguth I would post some information here since the
question of TCP/IP for OS/2 has popped up a number of times.
I am running OS/2 1.20 on an IBM model 70 (20MHz version),
with a 3COM Etherlink/MC card and 6 MB memory,
and have just installed PC/TCP for OS/2 version 1.0 (from FTP) and
PCSA for OS/2 version 1.0 (DECnet protocol suite of programs).
They are both working fine, even though the PCSA product is not
supposed to run on greater than OS/2 1.1! Some of the features
are:
TCP/IP: telnet (and deamon)
ftp (and deamon)
rwho (and deamon)
talk (and deamon)
and many other programs from a typical Unix TCP/IP implementation
that work as expected.
I particularly like the ability to log in to my PC and run (non-graphics
or full-screen) programs. I can ftp to and from it as well. Authorisation
is poor (with password files that are readable) and the setting up of
"accounts" is impossible, and there is no NFS support. A future release?
DECnet: use of local area disk drives
lat protocol for terminal sessions
network file transfer
server implementation allows use of PCSA file and
print services on a VAX as well as offering such services
to other PCs via Lan Manager
DECnet, LAT and TCP/IP protocols coexist well and allow me maximum
flexibility. Plus, it all actually works!
Mark Kosten, phone: +61 3 479-2767
Computer Centre, AARNet (internet): ccmk@lure.latrobe.edu.au
La Trobe University, ACSnet: ccmk@lure.lat.oz.au
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