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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: Applications on top of pcnfs
Keywords: lpd nfs pcnfs telnet rsh
Message-ID: <6332@eastapps.East.Sun.COM>
Date: 23 May 91 17:22:35 GMT
References: <1991May23.165420.2153@cs.utk.edu>
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Quoth davison@cs.utk.edu (Michael Davison) (in <1991May23.165420.2153@cs.utk.edu>):
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#I would like to run the lpd protocol on a pc which also runs pcnfs.

I assume that this "pcnfs" is a reference to Sun's PC-NFS product.
If not, the rest of this posting is inapplicable.

#Has
#anyone already done this? How do I interface my process (lpd) with the 
#sockdrv.sys driver? 

OK, it looks like it MUST be PC-NFS, because only we have a SOCKDRV.SYS.

First, you don't want to "interface your process to sockdrv.sys", since
this driver is merely designed to provide a DOS device compatible
interface to our TCP/IP.

What you need is a copy of the PC-NFS Programmer's Toolkit, which you can
order from Sun through the usual channels.

#The "how do I do this" question could be answered if the source code 
#to the MIT telnet furnished with pcnfs was available. Anyone know where
#I could get that? 

The amount of MIT code left in the telnet program is vanishingly small
at this point, and in any case all you'd see at the bottom is a bunch
of toolkit calls. With a very few exceptions (like PKTD.SYS and RDATE)
PC-NFS source is not freely available. (You _CAN_ buy a source kit, but
it will set you back many kilobucks....)

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