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From: jdm@mbitow.UUCP (Jay D. Mumper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: WIN-TCP / NFS  &/or SLIP Available for Tower?
Keywords: NFS WIN-TCP
Message-ID: <225@mbitow.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 91 21:11:54 GMT
Organization: Mold Base Industries, Inc.
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Does anyone know of NFS being available for the Tower series (specifically
a Tower 32/650 with UNIX 3.00.01 and WIN-TCP)?  I've heard some not-to-good
remarks about Wollongong's NFS (like it ignores the kernel file system
routines and interacts directly with the file system...), but that doesn't
mean it won't work with "normal" hardware.  Anyway, does it even exist for
the Tower anyway?

Okay, if not, how can I get NFS on the Tower?  (Sea Change, are you listening?)
My reasons are simply that I'd like to have some other non-NCR UNIX machines
be able to access the Tower drive in an NFS-like manner (remote mount, etc.) 
and perhaps do the reverse back to the tower with their disks as well.  And
yes I know RFS is there, but I'd prefer NFS, just because I can use PCNFS
on our PCs too....

Now what about SLIP?  Since WIN-TCP is so well documented :( , I can't 
imagine how I overlooked it if it's there...  Seriously, though, I'd 
like to be able to use it if it exists on this thing.  ANY pointers
on this one would be appreciated.

( NCR has already been flamed vigorously for the lack of documentation for
WIN-TCP, but hey, can't I add a little gasoline too!  A good set of manuals
would make this entire posting an RTFM error... )

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mbitow!jdm
Jay D. Mumper
Mold Base Industries, Inc.
Voice: (717) 564-7960