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From: j_rodin@hpfcso.HP.COM (Jon Rodin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: PC-NFS and DEPCA card?
Message-ID: <7260002@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Aug 90 17:31:38 GMT
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>Please excuse my ignorance here, but just what is "NDIS" ?

Network Driver Interface Specification

It is a Microsoft/3Com spec for a standard LAN driver interface.  It allows
any protocol stack which knows NDIS to run over any LAN card which has an
NDIS driver.

It brings the total number of 'standard' driver specs up to 3:  NDIS,
Novell's ODI and FTP's packet driver.  Plenty of standards to go around.