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From: jbvb@ftp.com (James B. Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: NCSA TELNET / BANYAN
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Date: 17 Oct 90 15:33:48 GMT
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VINES doesn't use packet drivers.  Instead, they have a hardware device
sharing interface built into VINES.  We offer a version of PC/TCP which
talks to it, and gives the functionality you want.  I don't know if any
of the freeware developers have ever considered doing drivers for this.

I have heard rumors of VINES which can use NDIS, and if you could get
it, this could be combined with the NDIS-Packet Driver adapter to use
freeware.  If this is in fact a feature of their 4.0 release, I have
been told it will be available sometime this winter.

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