paul@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater) (11/30/90)
Is there an Ethernet card available for the Altos 2086? If so, can anyone also supply TCP/IP and ARPA, and maybe even NFS? FYI, this runs Altos Xenix. -- Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.gen.nz
allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) (12/02/90)
As quoted from <1990Nov30.083145.19301@actrix.gen.nz> by paul@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater): +--------------- | Is there an Ethernet card available for the Altos 2086? If so, can | anyone also supply TCP/IP and ARPA, and maybe even NFS? +--------------- Insofar as I am aware, there is no such card available. And thanks to the proprietary nature of the system, there probably won't be, either. -> I may have seen some literature from Altos pricing such beasties, but it was most likely one of the the "planned but never released" products. <- ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY
ti@altos86.Altos.COM (Ti Kan) (12/04/90)
In article <1990Nov30.083145.19301@actrix.gen.nz> paul@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater) writes: >Is there an Ethernet card available for the Altos 2086? If so, can >anyone also supply TCP/IP and ARPA, and maybe even NFS? > >FYI, this runs Altos Xenix. >-- >Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.gen.nz You'll need to upgrade the system to become an Altos 386 Series 2000 and upgrade the operating system to the Altos System V run-time system. With this combination, there is full ethernet support with the ACPA board (combines multidrop of up to 64 RS232 serial ports and ethernet). With the ACPA board on a 2000, you can run Altos TCP/IP, RFS, and DOS Server (ISO/OSI) communications packages. The Altos XENIX WorkNet LAN product over a high speed serial port is also supported on the 2000 with Altos System V. An upgrade from a Altos 2086 to a 2000 is a surprisingly simple operation -- simply a CPU board change. You can choose from either the 16MHz or 20MHz version of the CPU board. The rest of the system (file processor and controller boards, memory, communication cards) need not be replaced. Altos System V run-time system for the 2000 is based on AT&T UNIX System V.3.1, but is also backward compatible with Altos XENIX in most areas. Many if not most of your applications for the 2086 will likely work without recompilation (286 XENIX X.OUT binaries as well as 386 COFF binaries are supported). So, if you have the budget to upgrade your hardware and the operating system, there is a solution to your problem. Call your Altos representative for information. -Ti -- Ti Kan | vorsprung durch technik! \\\ Internet: ti@altos.com \\\ UUCP: ...!{sun|sco|pyramid|amdahl|uunet}!altos!ti /// \\\ The opinions herein are not necessarily those of Altos. ////////\
paul@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater) (12/04/90)
In article <1990Dec1.230441.16972@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) writes: > As quoted from <1990Nov30.083145.19301@actrix.gen.nz> by paul@actrix.gen.nz (Paul Gillingwater): > | Is there an Ethernet card available for the Altos 2086? If so, can > | anyone also supply TCP/IP and ARPA, and maybe even NFS? > Insofar as I am aware, there is no such card available. And thanks to the > proprietary nature of the system, there probably won't be, either. I had some e-mail mentioning a possible sighting of a card from Excelan, which I will follow up. Thanks all! -- Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.gen.nz