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From: iain@xopen.co.uk (Iain Currie Devine)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.pcnet
Subject: Re: Server Message Block (SMB) based networks
Message-ID: <1991Apr08.105257.14117@xopen.co.uk>
Date: 8 Apr 91 10:52:57 GMT
References: <martino.670687922@krypton>
Organization: X/Open Company Ltd
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From article <martino.670687922@krypton>, by martino@logitek.co.uk (Martin O'Nions):
> mshiels@tmsoft.uucp (Michael A. Shiels) writes:
> 
>>I know that MS-NET/PC-LAN/LanManager etc are based upon SMB type networking.
> 
>>Are there any other LANs which use SMBs as there message format?  Are they
>>documented anywhere?  Thanx.
> 
> Xenix-Net originated ESMBs (Extended SMB) as used in LAN Manager. A good
> basic description of LM, SMBs and NetBIOS usage can be found in Kochan &
> Wood's 'Unix Networking' (Hayden Books).

You might also wish to take a look at 
"Developers Specification: Protocols for X/Open PC Interworking: SMB"
published by X/Open Company Ltd . The ISBN is 1 872630 01 4. A contact
is Anna Tomassello on +33 734 508311 who has pricing and availablity
details

> 
> This also contains info on UUCP, NFS, TCP/IP, STREAMS, X, RFS and other
> goodies - a good buy, although it looks pricey for the size in the U.K.
> at first glance.
> 
> Martin
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