Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!mcrware!mwca!bill From: bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) Newsgroups: comp.os.os9 Subject: Re: OS9 Sourcebook/Catalog Message-ID: <1849@mwca.UUCP> Date: 23 Apr 91 17:25:28 GMT References: Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Santa Clara, CA Lines: 21 In article rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu (Russell E. Hoffman, II) writes: >...The network >support packages look very impressive and thorough. I'm still left wondering >a little bit about the differences between the ISP and ESP packages. At first >perusal, it seems the ISP is more complete, offering the daemon ends for >telnet and FTP, as well as the clients. ISP (Internet Support Package) and ESP (Ethernet Support Package) offer basically the same functionality - the difference is that the ESP package is specifically for Ethernet boards made by CMC, and in fact relies upon firmware found upon that board. ESP is an older package which uses some licensed code from CMC, and so costs more and runs slower (by as much as a factor of three in some cases). ISP is entirely Microware code, runs on a wider variety of Ethernet cards, and has basically replaced ESP for all hardware except the CMC 10+ (an old card). -- ############################################################################## # Bill Sheppard -- bills@microware.com -- {uunet,sun}!mcrware!mwca!bill # # Microware Systems Corporation --- OS-9: Seven generations beyond OS/2!! # ######Opinions expressed are my own, though you'd be wise to adopt them!######