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From: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: Replacing Novell Netware with NFS
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Date: 1 May 91 04:29:24 GMT
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Quoth rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) (in <7447@spdcc.SPDCC.COM>):
#(Sorry for posting rather than e-mailing, as requested...)  There isn't
#any public-domain client implementation yet, but my guess is it would take
#less than 3 person-months of work to create one using SOSS as a base.  If
#you're working for a company with a large number of DOS machines, you
#might be able to get the time budgeted to do this work, and the glory
#which comes from having a *lot* of other companies/individuals using it.
#
#Anyone out there who would like to take on this project?  It basically
#involves creating a TSR which intercepts software interrupts, redirecting
#a drive letter's I/O to the already-implemented SOSS network code.

Hmmm... I think that if you ask any of the groups that have actually
built such a beast (Sun, FTP, B&W, etc.) they'd say that your estimates
of the time and complexity seem a little optimistic :-) Yes, I know
"Undocumented DOS" answers many of the questions, but not all...

However, don't let me deter you!

Geoff

-- Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM)   --
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