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From: jbreeden@netcom.UUCP (John Breeden)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: HP LMX compatibility with IBM TR (questions)
Keywords: HP NDIS TOKEN RING NDIS
Message-ID: <18085@netcom.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 90 01:26:39 GMT
References: <627@eds1.UUCP> <1182@dg.dg.com>
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Organization: Netcom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest}
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In article <1182@dg.dg.com> levine@slimer.webo.dg.com (Larry Levine) writes:
>
>NDIS does not imply TR.  It is an architecture that allows
>you to "plug and play" various NetBIOS protocols with different
>network card drivers.  This works in theory, but not in all practices.
>Some vendors Protocol is to closely tied with the MAC driver.
>Token Ring (and NetBEUI) is supported under the NDIS architecure and
>is available from most LM and LM/X vendors.  They originate solely from IBM
>Madge Networks however (someone correct me if I am wrong).

Well, more than Netbios. NDIS drivers for XNS, IPX, TCP-IP, DecNet, HP NS,
Banyan-IP, OSI, LAT etc exist (and coexist quite well...).

A number of sources publish IBM's DLC driver on NDIS (including IBM) for 
both DOS and OS/2 , and therefore Netbeui on NDIS (and APPC, 3278 etc).

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