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From: mark@tove.UUCP (Mark Weiser)
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Subject: Re: Re: TCP/IP and XNS compatibility ?
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Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 14:28:47 EDT
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> Someone else will have to comment on whether 4.3
> XNS will suffice to support your Dandelions.  It is common for
> non-Xerox "XNS" implementations to include only the lower levels, and
> not Courier and the file server protocols.  I don't know hether 4.3
> has this problem or not.  If so, it may be less use that you would

4.3's XNS will have Courier and many of the other higher level protocols.
It will not initially have filer server, but will have file client, GAP
server and client, print client, and other stuff.  All this nice higher
level stuff courtesy of Cornell.  Works fine with Dandelions running
the office environment.
	-mark
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