Subject: Request to be added to list
From: Where Y'at??? <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 89 09:18 PST

Please add my name to your mailing list.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

Paul K. Simmons
[email-masked]

Date: 5 Jun 89 22:32:57 GMT
From: abell <[email-masked]>
Organization: Cal Poly State Univ,CSC Dept,San Luis Obispo,CA 93407
Subject: Novell installation
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Does anyone have any information regarding the driver installation
of the EXCELAN EXOS 8052-1 EtherNet card into a NOVELL SFT Netware
Network?  We are looking for the driver and how to install it.  We
have tried to contact Novell but they wish to charge us $50 an hour.
I guess this is their way of getting even with us by charging us
for information referencing donated software.
-- 
Alan C. Bell  ([email-masked])
Computer Science Department			..!ucbvax!voder\
California Polytechnic State University		..!sdcrdcf!csun |!polyslo!abell
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 (805)756-7185	     ..!lll-crg!csustan/

Date: 14 Jun 89 18:40:55 GMT
From: Gord Armstrong <[email-masked]>
Organization: Geac Computers, Markham, Ontario Canada
Subject: Writing NetBIOS applications...
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

  Is there anyone writing applications using NetBIOS?

  To help become familiar, we ordered the "C Programmers Guide to NetBIOS" by
  H.W.SAMS and IBMs "NetBIOS Application Developement Guide".

  Were using Novell Netware V2.11 on a Wyse 2108 PC and MS C 5.1. We typed in
  some progs from the SAMS book (we ordered the disk but, it never came!) with
  numerous errors, of course. The SEND and RECEIVE progs works fine but, I
  can't get the datagrams to work???  

  I was wondering if anyone could share experiences, pitfalls, or any
  general tidbits encountered using NetBIOS.

  All help greatly appreciated!
  
  ...Gord (gord@geac)

Date: Mon, 19 Jun 89 12:14 EST
From: "Alan L. Brushaber - Ann Arbor - 313-995-6227" <"PSI%SINET1::PSI%AAACA1::COD::ALB%sdr.slb.com"@RELAY.CS.NET>
To: [email-masked]

SUBSCRIBE INFO-PCNet Alan L. Brushaber

Date: 19 Jun 89 21:16:56 GMT
From: Anthony Olejnik <[email-masked]>
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Subject: PCLAN/NetBIOS/TCP problem
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

I'm having a problem with IBM's PCLAN program.  The problem appears
with both versions 1.2 and 1.3 (I don't know about earlier versions).

I've noticed that when using either Ungermann-Bass PCNIUs (with Release
16.0 of their TCP/PC software) or WD8003E's (with PC/TCP v2.03 pl 1
software) the PCLAN server does not drop non-existent sessions.

Both of the HW/SW combinations are using the NetBIOS as referenced in
RFC's 1001 & 1002.

Clients who connect to the server are still "seen" by the server even
after the PC is turned off.  This presents a problem the next day when
the same clients attempt to connect to the server again.  If the server
has available NETBIOS/TCP sessions, then the client is able to re-connect.
However, this still leaves a non-existent session on the server end.
If the server does not have any available NETBIOS/TCP sessions, then the
client is not able to re-connect.

Is this a problem with PCLAN?
Is this a problem with my configuration of PCLAN?
   (I start the server via the following command: net start srv test /cac:0)
Is this a problem with both UB and FTP's software?
Is this a (RFC 1001/2) NetBIOS bug? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

--tony olejnik
  University of Pennsylvania
  Data Communications and Computing Services
  Suite 221A
  3401 Walnut Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19104
  (215) 898-9408
  [email-masked]

Date: 23 Jun 89 22:22:36 GMT
From: Greg Small <[email-masked]>
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Subject: PCLAN/NetBIOS/TCP problem
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

= Article 26 of comp.protocols.pcnet:     Date: 19 Jun 89 21:16:56 GMT
= From: [email-masked] (Anthony Olejnik)
=
= I'm having a problem with IBM's PCLAN program.  When using either Ungermann-
= Bass PCNIUs (with Release 16.0 of TCPPC) or WD8003E's (with PC/TCP v2.03 pl
= 1) the PCLAN server does not drop non-existent sessions.
= 
= Clients who connect to the server are still "seen" by the server even after
= the PC is turned off.  This presents a problem the next day when the same
= clients attempt to connect to the server again.  If the server has available
= NETBIOS/TCP sessions, then the client is able to re-connect.  However, this
= still leaves a non-existent session on the server end.

The temporary solution for UB TCP-PC 16.0 is to turn on TCP Heartbeats.  This
allows the server to time-out the connection.  RFC1001/1002 also provides a
separate heartbeat for Netbios sessions only but that is not implemented in
16.0 (comming in 16.1?).  You should check PC/TCP for a similar option.

There is a similar problem that PC Net/LAN does not clean up a Netbios
connection if the workstation IP address is changed while the server has a
Netbios connection open.  When the workstation logs back into the server the
connection under the old IP address is maintained.

I guess from your question that the UB TCPPC 16.0 and the PC/TCP interoperate
OK under RFC1001/1002?

Gregory T Small                                      (415)642-5979
Personal Computer Networking & Communications        [email-masked]
Workstation Support Services - Software Group        ucbvax!jade!gts
267 Evans Hall                                       [email-masked]
University of California, Berkeley, Ca 94720

Date: 30 Jun 89 18:53:48 GMT
From: [email-masked]
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Subject: DECnet PCSA driver programmer needed
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

I need to get a driver written to an Ethernet board for DEC's PCSA/DEC-DOS
(both the DLL and scheduler). The board is very similar to the Micom and 
Exelan boards (same chip). I work for a Fortune 10 company and we need the
driver developed ASAP.

I have the budget, do you have the talent? This is a serious message - speed
is of the essence. Serious inquirys please contact me at one of the addresses
below.

net: [email-masked]
attmail: !jbreeden
work (voice): 415-442-3838

Date: 7 Jul 89 09:38:16 GMT
From: Rune Br{nnstr|m <[email-masked]>
Organization: Diab Data AB, Taby, Sweden
Subject: PD NetBIOS on TCP/IP wanted
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Netland citizens!

From where can I get a public domain source for a
RFC1001/2 compliant "NetBIOS on TCP/IP" implementation.

A source targeted for a Unix box is preferred, but
anything will go. 

Please e-mail Your hints, comments, sources, etc.,
to me ASAP.

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Date: 12 Jul 89 09:03:00 PDT
From: "14518_MICHAEL YOUNG" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Network access from a PC
To: "info-pcnet" <[email-masked]>

I'm am in the process of changing jobs and my new employer does not have any
machines with net access and not much chance of getting it either.  I am
wondering if it is possible to access any net (Arpa,Bit,Use etc.) via a PC.  
Is there anything like a public access bbs or some other method of mail
transfer/download from Compuserve?  Any and all information would be
appreciated, the cheaper the better.

Please reply directly to me as I don't subscribe to all the groups I am sending
this to.

Thanks in advance,

Michael Young

[email-masked] 

Date: 13 Jul 89 22:16:32 GMT
From: Keith M Boyer <[email-masked]>
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer & Information Science
Subject: Wanted-Pros and Cons of PC Networks
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

I'm asking this for someone who has to decide what PC network they will use in
a trade school. The intention is to teach a course on or using a PC network.
It is also desirable to make use of the network to get real work done, but
the primary use will be teaching. The question is - what do people recommend.
Novell is well known and would be relevant, since it is used widely and the
students would benefit from this when looking for a job. However, there are
alot of other issues including speed, ease of use, cost, supported software,
upgradability and other things. Please email responses. Any info is 
appreciated.

		Thanks,
		Keith M Boyer

-=-
-  Keith M. Boyer                Department of Computer and Information Science
-- THE Ohio State University          2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277
-  [email-masked]       or       ...!osu-cis!cis.ohio-state.edu!keith
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE MADE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT SIMPLER-Albert Einstein

Date: Wed, 23 Aug 89 10:06:38 PDT
From: [email-masked] (Shahryar G. Hashemi)
To: [email-masked]
Subject: Being added to the LIST

To whom it may concern:

I would like to be added to the Info-PCNet network.

Shahryar Ghazneini Hashemi

Newsgroups: fa.info-pcnet
From: "Manfred J. Pfluegl" <[email-masked]>
Subject: WESTERN DIGITAL'S VIANET
To: [email-masked]
Keywords: WDC's Vianet, MicroSoft Networks
Sender: [email-masked]
Source-Info: From (or Sender) name not authenticated.
Organization: UC Irvine
Date: 10 Oct 89 22:37:46 GMT
Lines: 43
To:       [email-masked]

I am in pretty bad mood right now. In our lab we installed a network
of IBM AT's and compatibles. As networking software we choose Western Digital's
package called VIANET. The hardware boards are also coming from Western Digital
(WDC 8003, WD8003E, and WD8003 plus). Over the last year I experienced several
major problems: 

1) Frequent crashes when the networking software is running.
   It seems that crashes in applications like editors (XYWrite, MS Word) are
   are the most common ones.

2) We also get the error message 'General Failure on drive Z:' from time to
   time when we use 'xcopy' over the network.

3) Our PS/2 model sometimes crashes during the execution of 'nonet'.

4) We cannot open more than 15 files although the description claims that
   up to 255-x (where x is a small number around 30) files can be opened
   concurrently. Without VIANET running it is working properly.

I am also in contact with Western Digital directly. They are very helpful
but couldn't give me any explanations for the above problems.

My question now is: Are there any other VIANET users out there?
If so, do you also experience problems? Could you overcome any of these
problems? 

Additionally, I am getting interested in other software products especially
MircoSoft Networks. Can you give me general information from the user
perspective? How convenient is it to install, to use, ...? Are there also
software bugs? ....

Any help is more than welcome.

Thank you, Manfred

PS: Since I am cross-posting please respond either via email or post in
    newsgroup comp.dcom.lans only.

**************     MM   MMPPPP    Manfred J. Pfluegl 
          *****    MM  M MP   P   [email-masked]
           *****   M  M  MPPPP    [email-masked]
            *****  M     MP  	  [email-masked]

Date: 19 Oct 89 18:57:20 GMT
From: "Brendan B. Boerner" <[email-masked]>
Organization: UT Austin Computation Center, Microcomputer Services
Subject: status of NetBIOS over UDP query
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Does there exist any implementations of RFC1001 and RFC1002 (NetBIOS
over UDP)?  In particular, does there exists some sort of library
which could be used to write applications on a UN*X host which used a
NetBIOS interface?

On the same subject, is there a router which would convert NetBIOS on
Broadband or Token-Ring to NetBIOS over UDP?

Please e-mail and I will post or mail the collected responses.

Thanks,
Brendan
--
Brendan B. Boerner		Phone: 512/471-3241
Microcomputer Technologies	The University of Texas @ Austin
Internet: [email-masked]     UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!boerner
BITNET:   [email-masked] 	AppleLink: [email-masked]@DASNET#

Date: 26 Oct 89 15:35:32 GMT
From: David Hayes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Need information on Novell packet formats
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

I am looking for information on Novell internals.  Specifically, the format of
the different packets Novell uses to communicate between the file server(s) and
the client machine.

I don't have routine access to a USENET feed, so please reply directly to me.
I will summarize and post (through a friend) any answers I receive.

Thanks in advance.

Christopher Seline

[email-masked]
[email-masked] (internet)

David Hayes	School of Engineering	Southern Methodist University
[email-masked]	uunet!smu!merlin
"Argue for your limitation, and, sure enough, they're yours." - Richard Bach

Date: 7 Nov 89 17:27:41 GMT
From: "Brendan B. Boerner" <snorkelwacker[email-masked]>
Organization: UT Austin Computation Center, Microcomputer Services
Subject: need phone number of company in Dallas, TX
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Does anyone have the phone number for Pernetix Inc., a company in
Dallas, TX which has a product called NETBIOS/ix?  If so, I would
appreciate it if you would send it to me.  Someone saw a blurb about
this product in _InformationWEEK_ and asked me to track it down.

Thanks,
Brendan
--
Brendan B. Boerner		Phone: 512/471-3241
Microcomputer Technologies	The University of Texas @ Austin
Internet: [email-masked]     UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!boerner
BITNET:   [email-masked] 	AppleLink: [email-masked]@DASNET#

Date: Wed, 22 Nov 89 17:34:36 est
From: Walt O'Brien <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Subject: adam.dg.com address change may affect list INFO-PCNET

In an effort to improve service, adam is being upgraded to a more
powerful processor and will be administered by a new organization.
The upgrade will take place saturday 11/25/89.  Expect a brief 
disruption of service.  

As part of the upgrade, the internet address for adam.dg.com will
be changed from 128.221.1.1 to 128.221.3.6.  Those using domain name
service should not see a change.  However, if you have an explicit
hosts file entry for adam you will need to change the address.

Also as part of the upgrade, we are trying to verify our mailing list
subscriptions.  PLEASE CONFIRM/DENY our membership in your to
[email-masked] mailing list.

Thank you for your cooperation,

New ADAM Administration <[email-masked]>

Date:     Sat, 25 Nov 1989 11:28:04.66 GMT+1
From:     "Min Yin - Wirtschaftsinformatik - Tel.": 071/302402 <[email-masked]>;, 
          Subject: [email-masked];
MMDF-Warning:  Parse error in original version of preceding line at lcs.mit.edu
To:       [email-masked]
MMDF-Warning:  Parse error in original version of preceding line at lcs.mit.edu

Hi,

Could u add me into this mailing-list and send me some help-infos about
using all the services provided by the server?

thanx a lot in advance

min yin
[email-masked]

Date: Mon, 27 Nov 89 10:57 EDT
From: Ken Balch <[email-masked]>
Subject: Registration
To: [email-masked]

Please register me to begin receiving Info-Pc at Bitnet address
[email-masked].  Thank you.

Ken Balch
Computer Store Manager

Date: Mon, 4 Dec 89 17:00:21 est
From: Walt O'Brien <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Subject: adam.dg.com address change may affect list INFO-PCNET

In an effort to improve service, adam has been upgraded to a more
powerful processor and is now administered by a new organization.
The upgrade took place saturday 11/25/89.  Service has been resumed.

As part of the upgrade, the internet address for adam.dg.com has
changed from 128.221.1.1 to 128.221.3.6.  The MX records for dg.com and
adam.dg.com have been updated.  Unfortunately, through a clerical error
the old MX record had a 41 day expiration time.  Thus, if you use domain
naming, IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR YOU TO FLUSH YOUR DOMAIN NAME CACHE to use 
the new address.  If you use an explicit hosts file entry for adam, you will
need to change the address.

Also as part of the upgrade, we are trying to verify our mailing list
subscriptions.  PLEASE CONFIRM/DENY our membership (at least a dg.com address)
in your mailing list to [email-masked] .

We are sorry if this is a duplicate.  We are trying to fix up our mailing 
lists.

Thank you for your cooperation,

New ADAM Administration <[email-masked]>

Date: 20 Dec 89 05:38:40 GMT
From: "Brendan B. Boerner" <[email-masked]>
Organization: UT Austin Computation Center, Microcomputer Technologies
Subject: bridging Token-Ring
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

I need to know if it is possible to bridge some Token-Ring rings which
contain servers running IBM OS/2 Lan Server, Novell Netware, and Apple
Applshare.  Here is a simple ring setup which I can use to describe my
questions:

Ring A <---B1---> Ring B <---B2---> Ring C

All user workstations are on Ring A.  User workstations will be:
{PC,MS}-DOS with Novell Netware v2.15
{PC,MS}-DOS with IBM PC LAN v1.3
OS/2 with the IBM Requester
Macintosh OS with Appleshare

Ring B will contain the servers.  They will be:
Novell Netware v2.15
OS/2 Lan Server v1.1
AppleShare v2.0

Ring C will contain an IBM mainframe which would be accessed via 3270
connections using Token-Ring.

Suppose B1 and B2 are Novell Bridges.  Would all the workstations be
able to access their respective server?  Would the workstations
running the appropriate 3270 software be able to get to the IBM
mainframe?

Suppose B1 is a Novell Bridge and B2 is an IBM Bridge.  What then?
Suppose B1 is an IBM and B2 is an Novell Bridge.  What then?
Suppose B1 and B2 are IBM Bridges.  What then?

If none of these scenarios allow any workstation to access any
service, are there any bridges which would?

Please e-mail me and I can summarize if their is any interest.

Thanks,
Brendan
--
Brendan B. Boerner		Phone: 512/471-3241
Microcomputer Technologies	The University of Texas @ Austin
Internet: [email-masked]     UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!boerner
BITNET:   [email-masked] 	AppleLink: [email-masked]@DASNET#

Date: 21 Dec 89 14:35:33 GMT
From: Ken Leonard <[email-masked]>
Organization: Unisys Defense Systems, NISD, Great Valley Laboratory
Subject: interrogative tcp-ip on arcnet
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

-- 
[Flame off, please, about the hardware choice. We _had_ to go with absolute- 
lowest-cost-per-_permissible_-suppliers.] 
-- 
We are setting up a few engineers' PClones on an ARCNET LAN, specifically 
Datapoint Corp's. DATALAN. 
-- 
The first question is, "Where can we get IP, TCP, et.al. to run over ARCNET?" 
-- 
And the second question is, "How can we use one of the boxes with a 9600 bps 
link to a UNIX/VAX with SLIP and router software to get access to the rest 
of the systems here at our center?" 
-- 
We think we would like to have a _packet_driver_ for our ARCNET cards (the 
Performance Technology card sold by Datapoint as the ARCNET RIM-1.) 
-- 
We think we could use PCIP on top of the packet driver. 
-- 
We think PCROUTE or PCBRIDGE would handle the cross-connect. 
-- 
Can we also get a _packet_driver_ SLIP? 
-- 
What about KA9Q? It seems that it might work. Maybe we could get Phil 
Karns' permission to use it. Yes, we _are_ a commercial organization, but 
our corporate management is so thoroughly brain-dead that they think 
"personal computers" (and even shared UNIX systems) are just something 
to be sold to a bunch of gullible customers, and not actual possibly useful 
tools. 
-- 
All comments and suggestions gratefully accepted! 
--------------------- 
thanx and regardz, 
Ken 

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<                 SIGUCCS User Services Conference XVIII
<                        Call For Participation
<
<                  New Centerings in Computing Services
< 
<                  September 30 through October 3, 1990
<
<                           Westin Hotel
<                         Cincinnati, Ohio
< 
<
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<< 
<<Attention Directors, Managers, Analysts, Consultants, Programmers,
<<Technical Writers, Trainers, and Librarians!
<< 
<<The higher education computing scene in the 1990s will present exciting
<<challenges.  To accommodate users' needs, computing service organizations
<<are now visibly transforming in function and structure.  The widespread
<<adoption of personal computing by all disciplines, the increasing demand
<<for desktop access to shared resources, the growth in demand for
<<supercomputing capabilities, and the proliferation of powerful desktop
<<workstations exert irresistible forces on central computing services.
<<In response, the central site grows exponentially in staff and machinery
<<at one academic institution; at another, the computing center is disbanded
<<to provide distributed computing!  At some sites increasing specialization
<<is urged; at others, generalization is required.  Regardless of the
<<transforming strategy adopted by an individual institution, one fact
<<seems clear:  the user is the center toward which all computing services
<<are directed.
<< 
<<SIGUCCS '90 invites you to participate in the examination and discussion
<<of the myriad challenges facing user services professionals as we enter a
<<new decade and of the new centerings computing service organizations are
<<discovering to meet them.  Please join us!
<< 
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<<You can Participate
<< 
<<	Presentations
<< 
<<	Papers
<< 
<<	Panel Discussions
<< 
<<	Quick Workshops
<< 
<<	Educational Materials Competition
<< 
<<	Newsletter Competition
<< 
<<	Technical Writing Competition
<< 
<<	Documentation Display
<< 
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<< 
<< 
<<Important Dates
<< 
<<	March 1, 1990		Presentation proposals due
<<	April 1, 1990		Notification of proposal acceptance
<<	May 1, 1990		Final Papers due
<<	June 1, 1990		Newsletter entries due
<<	June 1, 1990		Technical writing entries due
<<	June 15, 1990		Notification of paper/panel acceptance
<<	September 1, 1990	Deadline for materials for
<<				documentation display
<< 
<< 
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<<Presentation Topic Areas
<< 
<< 
<<Information Exchange Technology
<< 
<<Information exchange may well be the most important computing
<<activity of the 1990s. The infrastructure for information delivery, the
<<National Research and Academic Network (NREN), is presently being developed.
<<How do we meet the challenges of a world where the
<<facilitation of information delivery may be a principal user services
<<responsibility?  Topics of particular interest include:
<< 
<<	new approaches to information exchange
<< 
<<	campus activity in implementing information exchange
<<	facilities that comply with emerging international standards
<< 
<<	research and development of computer-mediated information
<<	exchange methods
<< 
<< 
<<Distributed Services
<< 
<<As the role of user services shifts to providing distributed support,
<<we must create new ways of providing traditional services as well as
<<designing new services.  Topics of particular interest include:
<< 
<<	providing support staff in departments and colleges
<< 
<<	funding issues
<< 
<<	if and how to charge back for services
<< 
<<	human networking of distributed support staff
<< 
<<	nonlabor-intensive support strategies
<< 
<<	cooperative efforts with other departments
<< 
<< 
<< 
<<Management Strategies
<< 
<<How do user services managers cooperate with other administrative and
<<academic units that use or provide computing resources?  How do they
<<meet the many and diverse demands?  Topics of particular interest include:
<< 
<<	reorganization
<< 
<<	interaction with faculty advisory groups
<< 
<<	delegating and distributing responsibility
<< 
<<	coordinating university computing resources
<< 
<<	staff professional development
<< 
<< 
<<Marketing your Services
<< 
<<Changing roles may require changing your services and, often, your image on
<<campus as you provide new services to new users.  Topics of particular in-
<<terest include:
<< 
<<	promotional strategies
<< 
<<	conducting market research
<< 
<<	designing services for unique or special audiences
<< 
<< 
<< 
<<Strategies for Small Schools
<< 
<<How can a small liberal arts college have distributed user services and
<<centralized user services?  How do distributed and centralized services work
<<together to provide computing services beyond word processing?  The
<<sciences have become computer literate; now, how do we reach out  from the
<<center to the humanities and fine arts?  Are we getting out of the
<<office and into the trenches?  Are we making too many "house calls"?
<<Should we make them at all?
<< 
<< 
<<Security and Ethics
<< 
<<As electronic mail and conferencing become more popular, computing
<<systems are widely accessible to more users.  How secure should academic
<<computing resources be?  What are the ethical guidelines provided for users
<<of electronic mail and conferencing systems?  Topics of particular interest
<<include:
<< 
<<	promoting responsible and ethical use of computing resources
<< 
<<	security strategies
<< 
<<	adopting an ethics policy
<< 
<< 
<<Serving New Audiences
<< 
<<People from the humanities, the arts, and other traditionally nontechnical
<<disciplines are discovering that computers can help in areas other than
<<word processing.  In an increasingly proactive stance in the central
<<computing facility, what do we do to attract and support these new audi-
<<ences?  Topics of interest include:
<< 
<<	providing information about off-the-shelf specialized
<<	programs for music, fine arts, and the humanities
<< 
<<	facilitating technical support of nontraditional areas
<< 
<<	serving the computing beginner who wants to do
<<	sophisticated tasks
<< 
<< 
<<Consulting, Training, and Documentation
<< 
<<Supporting those who use the computing resources that we provide re-
<<mains an important responsibility of user services organizations.  Topics
<<of particular interest include:
<< 
<<	new approaches to training
<< 
<<	providing distributed consulting
<< 
<<	documentation distribution services
<< 
<< 
<<and/or other topics that would be of interest to your national
<<and international colleagues
<< 
<< 
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<<Submitting Proposals
<< 
<< 
<<Submit proposals via electronic mail to:
<< 
<<	[email-masked] or
<< 
<<	[email-masked]
<< 
<<If you do not have access to electronic mail, send a printed copy to:
<< 
<<		Susan Jenkins Saari
<<		Instruction and Research
<<		Computer Center
<<		The Ohio State University
<<		1971 Neil Avenue
<<		Columbus, OH 43210
<< 
<<		phone:      (614) 292-4843
<<		fax:      (614) 292-7081
<< 
<< 
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<<Accepted Proposals
<< 
<< 
<<Proposals must be received by March 1, 1990.  Any submisson received
<<after this date will not be considered by the Program Committee.  You will
<<be notified of the Program CommitteeUs decision by April 1, 1990.  If your
<<proposal is accepted, you will be asked to submit a full paper by May 1,
<<1990.  Any papers received after this date will not be considered.  You will
<<be notified of the Program CommitteeUs decision by June 15, 1990.
<< 
<<If your presentation is accepted, SIGUCCS is depending on you.  If you are
<<ker to make your presentation (not a substitute presentation).
<< 
<< 
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<< 
<<How to Participate
<< 
<< 
<<Proposals
<< 
<<For each proposal, include your name, title, affiliation, mailing ad-
<<type of  proposal (presentation or panel discussion) and its topic area.
<<In addition, you must enclose the proper materials from the following
<<requirements list:
<< 
<<Description
<< 
<<Papers		Papers will be presented in 20-minute ntervals, with
<<		three papers scheduled per 90-minute session. Speakers'
<<		papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
<< 
<<Panels		Panels will be in-depth treatments of a single topic by
<<		two to four speakers from at least two different schools,
<<		coordinated by a moderator.  Allow ample time for audience
<<		discussion.  Abstracts for panels should be submitted
<<		as a unit by the person who wishes to act as a moderator.
<<		Panelists' papers will be published in the conference
<<		proceedings.
<< 
<<Quick Workshops	Quick workshops provide 90-minute overviews of new technolo-
<<		gies, innovative applications, and creative strategies
<<		for addressing the needs of computer users on campus.
<< 
<< 
<<Requirements
<< 
<<Papers		A 250- to 300-word abstract of the paper.  Acceptance of
<<		a proposal does not automatically ensure acceptance
<<		of a paper for presentation; you must submit a full
<<		paper to be considered for the conference program.
<< 
<<Panels		A 250- to 300-word description of the panel, including
<<		each panelist's name, title, affiliation, and presentation
<<		topic.  Acceptance of a panel description does not
<<		automatically ensure acceptance of the panel for
<<		presentation; each panelist must submit a full paper
<<		to be considered for the conference program.
<< 
<<Quick Workshops	A one- to two-page outline of the presentation and a
<<		10-minute videotape excerpt from the proposed presentation.
<<		Acceptance of a proposal does not automatically ensure
<<		acceptance of a workshop for presentation; you must
<<		submit a full paper to be considered for the conference
<<		program.  Only three or four presentations will be a
<<		ccepted in this category because it is highly competiive.
<< 
<< 
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<< 
<<Other Ways to Participate
<< 
<<Education and Training Materials Competition
<< 
<<Interest in and the importance of user education and training have grown
<<with each SIGUCCS conference.  The 1990 SIGUCCS Conference offers,
<<for the first time, competition for user education and training materials for
<<colleges and universities.*  We invite you to submit no more than two
<<entries in any or all of the following categories: curriculum catalog, class-
<<room printed materials, or self-contained printed tutorials.  Although the
<<first year of this competition includes only printed materials, we would like
<<to know if there is an interest in expanding our future competitions to
<<include video, audio, and computer-based tutorials.  Deadline for entry is
<<June 1, 1990.  For more details and an entry form, or to address the issue
<<of future competition categories, contact:
<< 
<<		Diane Jung-Gribble
<<		Indiana University
<<		750 North State Road 46 Bypass
<<		Bloomington, IN  47405
<< 
<<		(812) 855-0962
<< 
<< 
<<		[email-masked]
<<		[email-masked]
<< 
<<*NOTE:  this competition is not open to commercial materials
<< 
<<Newsletter Competition
<< 
<<Winning an award in the SIGUCCS Newsletter Competition is a mark of
<<distinction for your institution, and for your editors, writers,artists,and
<<designers.  You will be asked to submit two consecutive issues published
<<between June 1989 and May 1990.  Deadline for entry is June 1, 1990.
<<For more details and an entry form, contact:
<< 
<<		Jess Anderson
<<		Madison Academic Computing Center
<<		University of Wisconsin-Madison
<<		1210 West Dayton Street
<<		Madison, WI   53706
<< 
<<		(608) 263-6988
<< 
<<		[email-masked]
<<		[email-masked]
<< 
<< 
<<Technical Writing Competition
<< 
<<If you have written or published a particularly good article in a computing
<<newsletter, enter it in the Technical Writing Competition.  Each computing
<<center may enter one article.  Deadline for entry is June 1,1990.  To obtain
<<entry forms and more details, contact:
<< 
<<		Donald J. Montabana
<<		University of Pennsylvania
<<		Computing Resources Center
<<		1202 Blockley Hall
<<		Philadelphia, PA  19104-6021
<< 
<<		(215) 898-9085
<< 
<<		[email-masked]
<< 
<< 
<< 
<<Documentation Display
<< 
<<The documentation room will feature an online system for submitted
<<documentation.  Conference attendees who have BITNET or INTERNET
<<access will be able to email documentation to their university or college.
<<Documentation may be submitted electronically to DOCUMENT@MIAMIU,
<<by hardcopy, or diskette (IBM or Mac formatted) and must be received
<<before September 1, 1990.  Direct inquries to:
<< 
<<		Al Kaled
<<		Academic Computing Services
<<		Miami University
<<		Oxford, OH  45056
<< 
<<		(513) 529-6226
<< 
<<		AK75STAF@MIAMIU
<< 
<< 
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<< 
<<More Information
<< 
<< 
<<General Information
<
<<Amin Shafie, Conference Chair
<<University of Cincinnati
<< 
<< 
<<		e-mail:		[email-masked]
<< 
<<		phone:		(513) 556-9001
<< 
<<		fax:		(513) 556-0035
<< 
<< 
<<Call for Participation
<<Susan Jenkins Saari, Program Chair
<<The Ohio State University
<< 
<<		e-mail:		[email-masked]
<< 
<<		phone:		(614) 292-4843
<< 
<<		fax:		(614) 292-7081
<< 
<< 
<<Registration
<<Ken Maccarone, Registration Chair
<<University of Cincinnati
<< 
<<		e-mail:		[email-masked]
<< 
<< 
<<		phone:		(513) 556-9098
<<		fax:		(513) 556-0035
<< 
<< 
<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
<< 
<< 
<<ACM SIGUCCS
<< 
<<The Association of Computing Machinery's (ACM) Special Interest Group
<<for University and College Computing (SIGUCCS) is one of ACM's
<<organizational units devoted to the technical activities of its members.
<<SIGUCCS provides a link for guidance and the interchange of ideas among
<<computing professionals in the full range of small to large institutions.
<<Its newsletter, annual conferences, and workshops promote the discussion
<<of mutual problems. networks, user services, and computer center management.
<<This SIGUCCS conference emphasizes practical ways to improve services for
<<those who use university and college computing centers.

Amin Shafie
Assistant Director
Academic Computing Services                UCBEH::SHAFIE
University of Cincinnati                   [email-masked]
ML 088                                     [email-masked]
Cincinnati, Ohio  45221
(513) 556-9022

From: [email-masked] (Scott Simpson)
To: [email-masked]
Subject: Addition to mailing list
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 90 11:00:34 -0800

Please add [email-masked] to the mailing list if it
is not already on it.  Thank you.

From: Robert Miller <socrates@buddha>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 90 13:24:04 CST
To: [email-masked]

SUBSCRIBE Info-PCNet Robert Miller

-- 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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=======================================================
socrates (a.k.a. Robert Miller)
        @corona.itd.msstate.edu (130.18.8.160)
        @ee.msstate.edu (130.18.64.11)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Date:     Thu, 15 Feb 90 13:21 U
From: <[email-masked]>
Subject:  SUBSCRIBE
To: [email-masked]

SUBSCRIBE INFO-PCNET CHE-HUNG WEI

Date:     Fri, 9 Mar 90 00:35 U
From:     [email-masked]
MMDF-Warning:  Parse error in original version of preceding line at lcs.mit.edu
Subject:  SUBSCRIBE
To:       [email-masked]

SUBSCRIBE INFO-PCNET HEDI WEI

Date: 13 Mar 90 01:11:02 GMT
From: "R. Scott Youmans" <[email-masked]>
Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Subject: Trouble with MSC, FileIO, & 10Net (whew!)
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

I am using 2 386 IBM-PC clones with DOS 3.3, 10NET Lan software,
Metawindows & Island Graphics software and Microsoft C5.1 ... and I
have a problem.  The overview of the task is simple: pressing a key on
PC-A pulls up a graphics screen on both PC-A and PC-B. PC-B should not
display its screen until it receives a signal from A. This is done for
20 screens.

To do this quickly, I decided to use a shared file ovcer the network.
PC-A creates it whenever a key is pressed. PC-B loops on fopen()!=NULL
until the file exists. Then it closes the file, deletes it, and
displays its image. So, what`s the problem?

PC-A runs fine all the way through. PC-B only runs through about half (13)
of the screens! Here is the main loop on PC-B:

	while (!kbhit() && current < 19) {
	   if (next = fopen (SYNC, "r") != NULL) {
		fclose(next);
  		readstatus = ReadPaint (image_list[current++], thePort);
		remove (SYNC);
	   }
	}

So, while it is not interrupted with a keypress, or current is < 19, it checks
for the existance of the SYNC file. If present, it closes it, read in the image
and removes the file. 

I have tracked down the problen to the fopen in ReadPaint. It is unable to 
open the file even though it is in the current directory. Then, on subsequent
attempts the fopen(SYNC) command fails, even though the file is present. It is
as if I ran out of files to open, or some buffer got screwed.

Oh, in config.sys, files=40 buffers=20.

If one of you recognises the problem, or wishes to help, I would like 
your assistance. I've put too many hours on this already.

Also, if you know of an alternative (Interprocess Communication or other)
on 10Net or with shared files, please speak up!

This is my first big experience with MSC and DOS (from a UNIX environment),
so don't hesitate to state the obvious.

Much thanks, (the weary...)
Scott [email-masked]
Computer Science
Old Dominion University..............................Save The Earth

Date: 20 Mar 90 20:17:46 GMT
From: Craig Statchuk <[email-masked]>
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
Subject: TCP/IP under MS-WINDOWS
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

"Is there a package that provides TCP/IP support under MS-WINDOWS?"

Our basic requirement is for an OSI Session level interface (like
BSD Sockets) that works when linked to a WINDOWS application.

The software we are developing uses a client/server model where the
MS-WINDOWS application runs as a client and a mini/mainframe task acts
as a server:

      +------------------+
      |   PC WINDOWS     |
      |   APPLICATION    |  
      +------------------+ <----+
      | Session Interface|      |   The Missing Link is here.  We have not
      +------------------+      +-- found any products that provide
      | TCP/IP Drivers   |      |   Program-to-Program TCP/IP connections
      +------------------+ <----+   from WINDOWS
             |
             |/|  TCP/IP
               |
    +----------------------+
    |    TCP/IP Server     |         
    | (SUN, VAX, HP,.. etc)|
    +----------------------+

We have looked at a couple of packages, namely PC-NFS (with the Programmer's
Toolkit) and Wollongong WIN/TCP.  Both products provide a basic socket
library similar to the 4.x BSD package (PC-NFS also provides a Remote
Procedure Call (RPC) interface but no RPC compiler!).  These products 
would meet our needs except that neither will run as part of a 
"well behaved" WINDOWS Application (i.e., one that locks and unlocks memory, 
allows data segments to move and does take over the timer interrupt).

Unfortunately, we cannot use "Application Level" protocols like FTP,
telnet or rsh.  These provide host-to-host not program-to-program
connections.

Can anyone share their expertise in this area?

-- 
Craig Statchuk           P.O. Box 9707        uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!craigs
Cognos Incorporated      3755 Riverside Dr.
HUMAN: (613) 738-1440    Ottawa, Ontario
FAX:   (613) 738-0002    CANADA  K1G 3Z4

Date: 23 Mar 90 23:49:50 GMT
From: Pete Gregory <[email-masked]>
Organization: Bally Systems, Reno, NV
Subject: Is 'PC Network' compatible with 'Ethernet' ??????
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Hi y'all netlanders....

I am about to acquire Ethernet cards for my two PS/2's (a mod 70 and 80).
So far all I've found (through another guy at work whose job it is to
buy equipment) is PC-Network adaptor cards.

My question:

	- will these work on an Ethernet?

Thanks in advance....

Pete Gregory   : uucp:   uunet!bally!pete            | 
Software Engr. : domain: [email-masked]     ---|---
Bally Systems  : phone:  702-323-6156 x882           |         John 3:16
255 Bell St.   : FAX:    702-323-5997                |     (think about it!)
Reno, NV 89503                                       |

Date: 24 Mar 90 19:24:20 GMT
From: Lyle Seaman <[email-masked]>
Organization: Wang Labs, Platform Comms.
Subject: Re: TCP/IP under MS-WINDOWS
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

[email-masked] (Craig Statchuk) writes:
>"Is there a package that provides TCP/IP support under MS-WINDOWS?"

>Our basic requirement is for an OSI Session level interface (like
>BSD Sockets) that works when linked to a WINDOWS application.

Have you tried FTP software?  I have no connections with them, but
I believe they have a PC TCP/IP package.

BTW, BSD Sockets are _not_ an OSI Session level interface.
Sockets are a TCP/IP interface, and sometimes (SunLink) an
OSI Transport interface, but never a session interface.

-- 
Lyle                      Wang             [email-masked]
508 967 2322         Lowell, MA, USA       uunet!comm.wang.com!lws

Date: 29 Mar 90 07:13:31 GMT
From: Paul Bandler <[email-masked]>
Organization: The Australian Centre for Unisys Software
Subject: X.25 PC Board From ADAX - Request For Information
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Can anyone please provide me with information on the ADAX SDMA-PC communications
controller card?  It is sold as an X.25 controller for certain Unix/386 servers.
It fits into an AT-bus machine.

I'd like to find out what products or public domain software is available for
it which runs under DOS.  Ideally I'd like to find a quality TCP/IP/X.25 
package that would give me TCP/IP services to other TCP hosts over X.25.

If there are drivers for it for SLIP, PPP or even OSI TP I'd be interested
in hearing of those too.

Please reply by mail - postings get weeded very quicky on our system at 'busy'
times.

Thanks in anticipation

Paul Bandler
ACUS - Australian Centre For Unisys Software

Date: 3 Apr 90 13:16:38 GMT
From: Ronald Werring <[email-masked]>
Organization: Open-I Software BV, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Subject: OS2 to UNIX networking
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Hello netlanders,

Are there products for communication between os2 and unix via
ethernet (TCP-IP) ??
Currently we have 1 unix (xenix) 386 computer and several
DOS PCs. Al dos PCs have an ethernetcard and use
PC-interface to mount the Unix-disk. We also use
PC-interface for remote login and remote printen on the
unix printer. Now we are going to "upgrade" te PCs to
OS/2. Is there anything like PC-interface for OS/2 ??

Please mail replies to:

e-mail:	hp4nl!openi!ronald
address:
	Ronald Werring
	Open-I Software
	Computerweg 6
	Amersfoort, the Netherlands

Date: 5 Apr 90 17:15:26 GMT
From: Will E Estes <mailrus!u[email-masked]>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Subject: A Map of Commercial Protocols Against the OSI Model
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

I would like some assistance in understanding where different
commercial protocols fit into the OSI seven layer model.  To
assist in this process, I have put together three tables (below)
that map the OSI model to each of the major commercial networking
environments.

What I propose is this:  please fill in the table for your area of
expertise whatever that may be.  As a favor to the network, I will
re-post updated versions of these tables with footnotes to
comp.protocols.misc.  Please send mail to me directly and do not
post to the net; I will incorporate all comments into the updated
tables.  Hopefully what will come out of this is a nice set of
reference tables that can be used to place different commercial
protocols into perspective - both in terms of the OSI model and
same-level protocols in other commercial environments.

Finally, if something similar to what I am doing here has already
been done as concisely somewhere else, please let me know.  No
need to redo work that has already been done well by someone else.

Instructions:

1) Please supply just the protocols/standards that are considered
"standard" for the commercial environment in question.  Do not
include a protocol in an environment just because it has been
ported there.  TCP/IP would *not* be considered a standard
protocol for a non-AIX IBM SNA environment, for example, although
it has certainly been ported to several SNA environments.

2) If a protocol does not neatly fit into the OSI model and in
fact spans more than one layer, please note this and give me a
rough idea of services provided at each layer.  I will make
provisions in the table to note that one protocol spans several
layers.

Notation:

1) Where something spans more than one layer, this is noted by
parens (e.g., NETBIOS(3), NETBIOS(4))

2) Footnotes are represented by brackets (e.g., NETBIOS [1]).

An item that both spans different layers and has
footnotes would look like this: NETBIOS(3) [1]

Thanks,
Will              (sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Will)

Tables:

OSI Layer    | IBM SNA     | Novell     | NETBIOS
------------------------------------------------------
Application  |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Presentation |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Session      |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Transport    |             |            | NETBIOS
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Network      |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Data-Link    |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Physical     |             | Ethernet,  | Ethernet,
             |             | Arcnet     | Token Ring,
             |             |            | Arcnet
------------------------------------------------------

OSI Layer    | LAN Manager | UNIX       | DECnet
------------------------------------------------------
Application  |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Presentation |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Session      |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Transport    |             | TCP,       |
             |             | UDP        |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Network      |             | IP         |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Data-Link    |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Physical     | Ethernet,   | Ethernet   | Ethernet
             | Token Ring  |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------

OSI Layer    | Appletalk   | OSI        | Other
------------------------------------------------------
Application  |             | X.400,     |
             |             | X.500      |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Presentation |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Session      |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Transport    |             |            | ISDN,
             |             |            | X.25
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Network      |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Data-Link    |             |            |
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------
Physical     |             |            | FDDI
             |             |            |
             |             |            |
------------------------------------------------------

Date: 8 Apr 90 19:38:44 GMT
From: The News Manager <[email-masked]>
Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose CA.
Subject: Re: OS2 to UNIX networking
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

> Hello netlanders,
> 
> Are there products for communication between os2 and unix via
> ethernet (TCP-IP) ??
> address:
> 	Ronald Werring
> 	Open-I Software
> 	Computerweg 6
> 	Amersfoort, the Netherlands
From: [email-masked] (manoj @ Prod Mktg)
Path: manoj

Novell offers a full blown TCP/IP for OS/2 that offers Hardware Independent
NDI conformant interface.. to support a variety of TOKEN RING & Ethernet cards

	TCP/IP/UDP
	RFC NetBIOS
	Telnet, ftp, tftp etc..
	R-utilities

	Programmer's toolkit ( 4.3 BSD socket Library)

For more details or a spec-sheet call 801-379-5900 or call me

	                                 		+---+
	manoj goel,                                  	| +-+-+
	Product Marketing              			+-+-+ |
        Excelan/Novell, San Jose, CA 		 	  +---+
	(408) 473-8369 (voice) / 433-0775 (fax)	/ e-mail: [email-masked]
___________________________________________________________________________
	Do something unusual today.  Accomplish work on the computer.
	                                 		+---+
	manoj goel,                                  	| +-+-+
	Product Marketing              			+-+-+ |
        Excelan/Novell, San Jose, CA 		 	  +---+
	(408) 473-8369 (voice) / 433-0775 (fax)	
___________________________________________________________________________
		When all else fails, read the instructions!

Date: 11 Apr 90 17:18:11 GMT
From: Craig Statchuk <samsung!cs.utexas.edu!news-se[email-masked]>
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
Subject: Sources for NDIS drivers
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Does anyone know where I can obtain NDIS drivers for 3Com ethernet
cards (3C501, 3C503, 3C505 AND 3C523)?  

Some other naive questions: 

  1: Do such drivers even exist?

  2: Is this a good way to achieve hardware independence?

We intend to use the drivers on both ISA and MCA machines running
OS/2 SE and MS-DOS (with WINDOWS in some cases).

Thanks in advance for any help.  I will summarize responses for the net...

-- 
Craig Statchuk           P.O. Box 9707        uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!craigs
Cognos Incorporated      3755 Riverside Dr.   [email-masked]
HUMAN: (613) 738-1440    Ottawa, Ontario
FAX:   (613) 738-0002    CANADA  K1G 3Z4

Date: 11 Apr 90 17:03:42 GMT
From: Craig Statchuk <clyde.concordia.ca!news-se[email-masked]>
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
Subject: TCP/IP from OS/2
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

I have been trying to dig up sources for TCP/IP TRANSPORT level support
under OS/2.  So far I have come up with 4 possibilities -- any of which
may or may not be suitable -- maybe someone can help:

1.  PC/TCP for OS/2 from FTP Inc.  This is a new product (just released this
    month) that provides APPLICATION layer support (ftp, telenet, et al.)
    Currently they DO NOT have a Programmer's Toolkit that provides TRANSPORT
    layer support (either 4.x BSD Sockets or NAMED PIPES is acceptable).
    Apparently they will be releasing such a product soon.

2.  TCP/IP for OS/2 from IBM.  Appears to have all neccessary development
    tools and libraries.  Questions:  Rumour has it that you need OS/2 EE to
    use this package -- does anyone know for sure?  Also, are any of the
    libraries usable in a DLL?

3.  Essex TCP/2 -- had some good recommendations on this package except
    that I don't know how to contact them (sorry but I've never heard
    of Essex Systems -- I have a feeling that this is about to change).

4.  Excelan/Novell for OS/2 --  Provides 4.3 BSD socket support as DLL
    (good!) and support for NDIS network cards.  Question: Is Novell LAN
    Manager Software required to run in a UNIX environment?  Does anyone
    have any experience with this package?

We intend to port some existing applications from SUN UNIX to OS/2
and would like to use a BSD Socket library.

Thanks in advance -- I will summarize responses for the net if I
find out anything interesting...

-- 
Craig Statchuk           P.O. Box 9707        uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!craigs
Cognos Incorporated      3755 Riverside Dr.   [email-masked]
HUMAN: (613) 738-1440    Ottawa, Ontario
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Date: 16 Apr 90 09:01:46 GMT
From: Steve Ostrove <[email-masked]>
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Subject: University of Maryland Network Communications Package now available
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

                        *** ANNOUNCEMENT ***

        The University of Maryland's TCP/IP Suite of Programs for DOS

The University of Maryland Network Communications Package was developed
at the University of Maryland at College Park in a joint study sponsored
by IBM and will be available from Wisc-Ware on the 16th of April. 

With these programs you can:

    o Conduct multiple simultaneous Telnet sessions with either similar
      or dissimilar hosts
    o Execute commands and print on a remote host
    o Send, receive and manage electronic mail

In addition, the following is included at no additional cost:

    o SOURCE CODE - The entire source is provided with the only
                    exception being vendor proprietary code.  Vendors
                    provided less than 1% of the source. 

    o NFS         - NFS client support for remote file, system and 
                    printer access.

   o Netwatch     - Obtain real time packet monitoring with the ability
                    to redirect the output to a file for later analysis.

Pricing is as follows:
                            Member institution    Non-members and 
                               faculty only       general public

    o Single user copies        $100.00               $200.00
    o Class                      200.00                  N/A

    o Site:  Single Campus (member institutions only)
             small-sized institution      $1000.00
             medium-sized institution     $1500.00
             large-sized institution      $2000.00

             Multi-campus                 $5000.00

For more information, see the full release notice in comp.newprod

-- 
Steve Ostrove  -  University of Maryland CSC PC/IP/Net Project
usenet:  ...!seismo!cvl!umd5!ostrove
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Date: 12 Apr 90 22:57:06 GMT
From: Paul Gillingwater <snorkelwacker!usc!samsung!munnar[email-masked]>
Organization: Actrix Public Access UNIX, Wellington, New Zealand
Subject: Graphics terminal emulation over TCP/IP
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Hi,
We have a customer who has SAS running under HP-UX on an HP system.
They have a DOS based PC connected via TCP/IP to the UNIX system,
and they login via telnet, which supports a VT100 emulation.

They're looking for a low-cost option for displaying SAS/Graphics
on their PC workstation, with the graphics coming over the TCP/IP
network.  

I believe that Kermit 3.0 supports a NETBios interface, but I don't
know how this would interface with TCP/IP.  Has anyone got Kermit
talking over TCP/IP from a PC?  If so, how?  SAS supports REGIS,
but Kermit only supports some VT340 functionality, but not Regis,
so I guess we could use Tektronix 4010/4014 emulation from SAS
with Kermit.  

Can anyone recommend a cheap PC graphics terminal emulator which
will support Telnet type protocols?  Can anyone suggest a way
that Kermit 3.x can be made to work over TCP/IP?

Please e-mail suggestions, and I will summarise.
-- 
Paul Gillingwater, [email-masked]

Date: 16 Apr 90 14:16:42 GMT
From: [email-masked]
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Subject: RE: TCP/IP from OS/2
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

IBM's TCP/IP for OS/2 comes with the following APIs: sockets,
SUN RPC, Apollo NCS, Kerberos, SNMP DPI.
They are not DLLs.
EE is a requirement, indeed.
Also, I understand that FTP INC OS/2 TCP/IP toolkit is not yet available and
is not included in the price of the package, whereas IBM's OS/2 TCP/IP
$675 package includes the toolkit.
Also, IBM's OS/2 TCP/IP optionally comes with complete source code.
And, IBM has announced the intent pf providing NFS client support in a very
short future. Needless to say, that client will not run with FTP INCs package.

Oleg Vishnepolsky

Date: 16 Apr 90 20:32:20 GMT
From: Steven DeLaney <[email-masked]>
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
Subject: Looking for Info on NetBIOS
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

Hi netlanders:

I am just coming up to speed on network applications.  I'm  in the
in the process of evaluating a relational database system that has 
support for "NetBIOS compatible networks".  In other words, it can
act as a database server by providing, in addition to the standalone
functions, network file locking, record sharing, etc.

So, what I'm looking for is more specifics on "NetBIOS".  Is this 
a protocol layer, a set of network services, or what?  I assume it
is commercially supported; is this part of Novell Netware, 3-COM,
etc?  Any information you might be able to provide, or to steer me
in right direction as far as references or vendors, would be greatly
appreciated.

[email-masked]
Steve DeLaney
Grass Valley Group
(916) 478-3478

Date: 16 Apr 90 16:00:00 GMT
From: [email-masked]
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Subject: Re: TCP/IP from OS/2
Sender: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]

As for Excelan/Novel for OS/2, it still is vaporware. I have had
a copy ordered since February. They said they were going to ship it
April 6 or 9, but I got a call the 11th saying it had been delayed
again. They seem to say each month that it will ship, and then it
is delayed each month. So I guess I will have to wait for my May
scheduled delivery date.

Ken Neubauer
sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Ken_C_Neubauer