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From: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: Telnet/FTP and PC-NFS
Keywords: telnet,ftp,pc-nfs,NCSA,Wollongong,Sun
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Date: 12 Feb 91 15:51:45 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.222828.1566@portia.Stanford.EDU>
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Quoth patrick@casbs.Stanford.EDU (Patrick Goebel) (in <1991Feb11.222828.1566@portia.Stanford.EDU>):
#Q1: Does the term "PC-NFS" always mean "Sun PC-NFS" unless otherwise
#specified?

Well, usage tends to be somewhat lax, but since PC-NFS is a registered
trademark of Sun Microsystems it _should_ always refer to our product. The
X/Open terminology for a generic DOS NFS implementation is (PC)NFS.....

#Q2: What other commercial packages are available (besides Wollongong
#and Sun) that integrate Telnet/FTP and NFS?  Are they any good?

FTP Software, Beame & Whiteside, Siemens Nixdorf (or is it Nixdorf Siemens?)
I'll leave ratings up to more objective folks.

#Q3: Is Sun's Telnet program really all that bad?  Does it allow
#customization of screen colors and/or key bindings?  How is its scroll
#rate?

It's basic. Very basic. There are a number of third-party products
which offer multi-emulation, multi-session, multi-feature terminal
emulation, and so far we have elected not to compete with them.

#Q4: Hats off to the makers of NCSA Telnet/FTP.  Dare I ask, are there
#plans to develop a companion NFS program to complement it?  Or does
#one already exist?

Can't speak for the various NCSA developers, but I should point out
that developing a bulletproof DOS redirector is a much more thorny
task than building an application such as Telnet. Testing is [expletives
deleted].

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Note: I'm cross-posting comp.protocols.nfs, which is where most NFS
issues get aired.

Geoff


-- Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM)   --
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