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From: bobw@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Bob Williamson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: TCP/IP on Versados??????
Keywords: TCP/IP,Versados
Message-ID: <5355@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 13 Nov 89 14:28:10 GMT
Organization: NCR Corp., Engineering & Manufacturing - Columbia, SC
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   NCR has a proprietary OS based on Motorola's Versados.  TMX is a 
   transaction-oriented OS used mainly by banks.  We currently have
   a requirement to bring up TCP/IP as a replacement for our current
   XNS-based LAN offerring.  I am looking for any knowledge of a 
   VERSAdos-based OS running TCP/IP.  Anything at all would be
   extremely helpful.

   On another related topic, we are having to decide very shortly
   on the method for getting TCP on TMX.  One vendor has recommended
   a STREAMS emulator on TMX and then their STREAMS-based TCP on top.
   It's not clear to me that putting STREAMS on a non-UNIX system
   is worth the effort; aren't their good, up-to-date character-based
   implementations?  Isn't BSD4.3 character-based?

  Thanks in advance for any guidance you may offer.



Bob Williamson
TOWER Networking Systems
E&M - Columbia
NCR Corporation