Ethernet terminal servers for SPARC stations
esunix!eng.dnet!gold at cs.utah.edu
esunix!eng.dnet!gold at cs.utah.edu
Thu Jun 28 01:35:32 AEST 1990
Our computer network has a Mulligan Stew of Suns of most all sizes &
vintages (Including Sun 4 servers), Solbournes, VAXes and various
MIPS-based boxes. On many of the Unix boxes, specifically including Sun 4
(SPARC server) nodes, we're running Ki Research's LAT & DECnet software.
It's reasonably inexpensive, efficient enough that it's loading is
unnoticeable and all implimentations of it we've run seem to be rock
solid. The guy I've dealt with at Ki, Jim Corrigan, knows his stuff and is
a compulsive truth-teller. The Ki software allowed us to use LAT protocol
for our Ethernet terminal service. LAT, in turn gave us universal access
to the whole mish-mash of computers and also uses network bandwidth more
efficiently (for terminal traffic) than any of the options in the TCP/IP
suite.
My affiliation with Ki Research is as a pleased user. My company's
affiliation is more than that. Because of our satisfaction with Ki
Research's products and professional behavior, E&S has incorporated it in
one product line, the ESV workstation.
Bruce Gold
Product Support Engineer
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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