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From: pasquale@sgl (Pasquale Leone)
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Subject: Re: Price of FTP Inc.'s Stuff
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Date: 6 Mar 91 03:49:57 GMT
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In article <9103041609.AA12042@ftp.com> jbvb@ftp.com writes:
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>The PC/TCP kernel takes up about 75Kb by default (v2.05) and the IDRIVE TSR
>about 50Kb by default (v1.1), so the total is around 125Kb.  Sun's total is
>around 80Kb, and it can't be unloaded from the keyboard.  Memory managers
>like 386-to-the-Max or QEMM work with most DOS TCP/IP TSRs, ours included.
>Nobody has EMS support yet, that I know of.  If you're using Packet Drivers

wrong. Beam&Whiteside will load its buffers into ems.
And just for comparison the cost of the B&W tcp+nfs remote disk stuff
is about 50kbytes. I can't tell you the exact number now since the
machine I am on is not networked. I will post the exact the exact numbers
if there is interest.

pasquale@sgl.ists.ca