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From: erik@tvcent.uucp (Eirk Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: NetBIOS and PS/2
Message-ID: <1990Jun12.201544.23943@tvcent.uucp>
Date: 12 Jun 90 20:15:44 GMT
References: <1191@media01.UUCP> <29900004@suna1>
Organization: TVC Enterprises
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In article <29900004@suna1> meyer@suna1.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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>>-Is there in existence a NetBIOS interface for OS/2? (I heard something
>> about a product called Novell386...)
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>Yes, OS/2 Extended Editions provide a netbios API, I believe through the 
>communications manager.  And it looks like a dream to work with compared
>to the DOS method with those infernal interrupts and posts.
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It's called Microsoft LAN Manager.  3+Open runs on this.
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>>-Will the NetBIOS interface (I'm using Intel's PCLink2 now) be 100%
>> compatible if I use MsDOS on the PS/2 machines?
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>This I don't know -
>  1st, I don't know your definition of compatible - with what?
>  2nd, I only have Standard Edition, the Extended Edition won't be here for
>       a couple months, yet.
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Erik Petersen
Canadian Vertical systems