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From: rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley)
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Subject: Re: NNTP Parser Wanted == Non-Ethernet!
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Date: 11 Apr 91 10:23:45 GMT
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In <1991Apr11.013633.22596@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) writes:

>Well, I don't know what exactly constitues a "Clarkson
>driver", but the driver shipped with my WD card works 
>fine. I don't see how you could use a driver for an 
>ethernet or token ring card (which is what the Clarkson 
>drivers are) with  a serial line (which is what SLIP
>is). Is there a serial device driver included with the 
>Clarkson drivers?

There are various "kinds" of packet drivers - ethernet, token ring, etc and
amongst these are serial line drivers (e.g. SLIP8250) that include all the
necessary code to send IP packets over a serial line.  The purpose of the
Clarkson drivers is to provide an IP packet transmission interface which is
"reasonably generic" across various hardware and transmission media types.
SLIP8250 is the SLIP driver you are looking for, and is available on
"sun.soe.clarkson.edu" or on SIMTEL20, together with all the other drivers.

Rhys.

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