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From: david@loki.uif.uiuc.edu (David M. Lyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Terminal emulators over Starlan
Message-ID: <1989Oct20.215040.5644@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 20 Oct 89 21:50:40 GMT
References: <5461@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> <17088@cfctech.UUCP>
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Reply-To: david@loki (David M. Lyle)
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In article <17088@cfctech.UUCP> alexb@cfctech.UUCP (Alex Beylin) writes:
>In article <5461@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> rs@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (robert.w.sanderman) writes:
>>Is there a way to get a terminal emulator other than the 4410 or 513 emulator
>>to run over Starlan?  The emulator I'm trying to use currently only knows
>>about com ports.  Would this require a significant modification to the emulator
>>or is there an easy way to configure it for Starlan?
>
>ATT sells a product called EMOTS which we use over Starlan-10.  I was told
>that it will also work over Starlan-1, but we have not tested that.
>When we first started using it, EMOTS was very buggy, but the latest
>version - 3.0 seems clean.
>
>EMOTS uses a redirector to allow communication via Starlan instead 
>of the serial port.

AT&T included a modified version of Kermit with the StarLan software that
I installed. (OSI Network Program V3.2)  Check with you AT&T account rep.


David

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