DOS & UNIX ethernet board wish list (was Re: TCP/IP over St

[John_Robert_Breeden at cup.portal.com]

>    a) under UNIX Sys V/386 Rel 3.2.2 on a 6386:
>       *  uucp
>       *  tcp/ip
>       *  NFS or RFS
>       *  etc.
 
>    b) under MS-DOS 3.30 or 4.01, also on a 6386:
>       *  PC-NFS   (or, FTP Software's PC/TCP will do in a pinch)
>       *  Novell NetWare  (I can live without this, but it'd be nice)
 
>A couple of 3Com cards come close - they are supported for PC-NFS and
>for UNIX use under 386/ix or SCO (but not AT&T).  The AT&T Micom/
>Interlan hardware for UNIX won't work with the DOS needs, nor will
>the EN100/Wollongong combo, as far as I know.  (Plus, the Informix
>I-NET products are only ported to the Micom combo so far).
 
Back to the AT&T EN100 board, it is EXACTLY the same interface as the
TP board (NAU). FTP writes a driver for their PC/TCP (you want FTP
Release 2.04 - I don't know if AT&T is shipping it, but you can get
it direct from FTP, the driver that supports the NAU also supports
the EN100 - that takes care of the DOS side.
 
As far as Unix goes, the WIN/386 DOES run on the EN100. Quoting AT&T
document "Announcement odf AT&T's Enhanced TCP/IP WINN/386 Release 3.0
for 6386WGS Computers" is the following:
 
"Specifications
 
The software requires AT&T UNIX System V Release 3.1 or 3.2 along with
WIN/386 TCP/IP software and 386 NI software on a 6386 computer, you must
have one of the following StarLAN 10 Network NAU hardware:
 
1. EN100 NAU
 
2. PC NAU 
 
The 386 NI software provides the software interface between TCP/IP WIN/386
software and the StarLAN 10 Network NAU hardware on the 6386 computer. This
interface is included in the WIN/386 TCP/IP package. "
 
The PEC CODE (Order Code) for the product is 1274-TH1. Comcode 106019185
for 3.5" disks and Comcode 106019177 for 5.25" disks. Th price is $495.00.
 
I suspect the difference is Woolongong supplies "WIN/386" while AT&T 
supplies "Enhanced WIN/386", the "Enhanced" may be the streams drivers
for the EN100 - but don't quote me on it.
 
NFS for the Enhanced WIN/386 V.3 is a seperate product. It's called
"NFS Release 1.1 for the 6386, it requires either an EN100 NAU or 
PC NAU and Enhanced WIN/386 V.3. The PEC Code is 1274-NA1 and has a 
price of $395.00
 
Hope this helps.
 
john_robert_breeden at cup.portal.com