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From: meyer@suna1.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: NetBIOS and PS/2
Message-ID: <29900006@suna1>
Date: 15 Jun 90 14:53:00 GMT
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Nf-From: suna1.cs.uiuc.edu!meyer    Jun 15 09:53:00 1990


>>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.
>>
>It's called Microsoft LAN Manager.  3+Open runs on this.

I believe the LAN Manager does not truly _provide_ the NetBIOS system, I think
it merely provides access to it, as does the IBM Communication Manager, which is
included in OS/2 EE. 


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	Don Meyer		internet:	dlmeyer@uiuc.edu

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