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From: milburn@me10.lbl.gov (John Milburn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: SLIP source wanted for HP9000/340
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Date: 8 Jun 90 04:48:46 GMT
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In article <920060@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM> wunder@hp-ses.SDE.HP.COM (Walter Underwood) writes:
>
jem>   Is there any hope that slip or cslip will be available sometime in the
jem>   near future, ... ?

>The best chance is for HP-UX 8.0.  I'm not in a kernel or networking
>division, so I don't know the exact plans, but 8.0 includes entirely
>new networking code in the kernel, and part of that work is an
>extensible async protocol tweak.  Will it be ready for 8.0?  Good
>question, and I don't know the answer.
>
>wunder


Is there anyone in the networking division who will comment on this?
I know that the author of cslip has offered to put substantial
effort into making it work on hpux, and has been told that hp
is not really interested in pursuing the matter. (He already
has it working on an hp box running Utah's BSD port.)

I wonder whether you realize how important this is. We are now
entering an age where many people will begin to use workstations
at home, and uucp is not an acceptable way to communicate between
a home machine and a work machine. I am ready NOW to spend the
money to set up an IP node at home, and based on the response I
have received to inquiries about cslip, I have almost decided
to purchase a Sun.

Please hear this clearly, hp. Because of this, you have just about
lost this sale. (If I can get certain programs to work under Utah BSD,
I might use an hp box, but without hpux.)

In frustration,
-jem
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