Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hou3c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!breeden@CSNET-SH.ARPA From: breeden@CSNET-SH.ARPA (Laura Breeden) Newsgroups: net.mail.msggroup Subject: Re: Ibm (bitnet) mail to Dec (Arpanet) Message-ID: <945@hou3c.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 14:35:26 EST Article-I.D.: hou3c.945 Posted: Mon Nov 12 14:35:26 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Nov-84 05:51:05 EST Sender: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist) Lines: 79 To: Ron Natalie Cc: blarson@USC-ECL.ARPA, info-nets@MIT-MC.ARPA, msggroup@BRL.ARPA, breeden@CSNET-SH.ARPA In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 11 Nov 84 17:15:43 EST. The WISCNET code is available to universities and colleges from the University of Wisconsin, Madison at a one-time charge of $500. A description of the software is appended to this message. If your organization is not an academic institution, the code is also available commercially from IBM (for $17K). For more information, contact your local IBM sales reps and refer to Availability Notice G320-9219. With a Series/1 front end, IBM VM hosts can use this package to connect to CSNET X25Net. Laura Breeden CSNET CIC ------------------------------------ The University of Wisconsin has implemented the DOD Internet protocols (FTP/SMTP/Telnet/TCP/IP) for IBM VM systems under con- tract to IBM. This software package, called WISCNET, is owned by IBM. IBM has licensed Wisconsin to distribute WISCNET to univer- sities and colleges. Source code [is] included with the dis- tribution... To receive WISCNET, a university or college must sign a license agreement with the University of Wisconsin and pay a one-time distribution fee of $500. Licenses may be obtained from and should be returned to: Lawrence H. Landweber Computer Science Department University of Wisconsin - Madison 1210 W. Dayton St. Madison, WI 53706 ARPANET, CSNET: landweber@wisc-rsch.ARPA UUCP: ...!{seismo,allegra,ihnp4}!uwvax!landweber Documents describing WISCNET will be sent with licenses. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WISCNET WISCNET includes: (1) An implementation of the standard DOD protocols TCP and IP under VM/SP Release 2 or 3. (2) Implementations of the higher-level DOD protocols FTP, SMTP, and Telnet. (3) An interface between SENDFILE and SMTP. (4) Interfaces from IP to the Ethernet and Pronet local area networks (using a DACU as described below). (5) An interace from IP to the Telenet public data network (using a Series/1 as described below). TCP/IP runs in a separate disconnected virtual machine on the VM host. Similarly, each of SMTP, server FTP, and server Telnet occupies a dedicated virtual machine. User FTP and user Telnet run within a user's virtual machine under CMS. Virtual machines communicate with one another using the Virtual Machine Communication Facility (VMCF). The VM software is written almost entirely in Pascal, with a small amount of assembler-language support. Standard IBM-released software is used throughout (i.e., no modified or unreleased sys- tem software has been employed). Local area network interfaces are available for Pronet (Pro- teon Corp. - 10 Megabit/sec token ring) and Ethernet (Interlan - 10 Megabit/sec). The IBM host is connected to these local area networks via a Device Access Control Unit (DACU), which is a UNIBUS-to-channel adapter sold by IBM. There is also an inter- face to the Telenet public data network, using an X.25 implemen- tation running on a channel-attached Series/1 front end running the RPS operating system. The latter interface allows CSNET IBM VM hosts to connect to the DARPA Internet via Telenet.