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From: louie@trantor.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: TCP/SLIP != TCP/IP (Was: SLIP speed is surprising)
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Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 09:55:25 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 25 09:55:25 1987
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In article <4874@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer) writes:
>In article <450@louie.udel.EDU> rminnich@udel.EDU (Ron Minnich) writes:
><YES there is TCP/IP for the amiga. You can FTP it from louie.udel.edu
><or trantor.umd.edu.
>
>Uh, that's actually a TCP/SLIP implementation. That's not what most
>people mean when they ask for TCP/IP.
>

Uh, no.  It is a TCP/IP implementation that has SLIP as one of its link level
encapsulations for IP datagrams.  It also can shove IP datagrams across 
Amateur Packet radio links a few different ways too. It's as "real" as any 
other TCP/IP.  Of course, its free.

One other thing.  There have been multiple ports of the Phil Karn TCP/IP
package to the amiga.  The on on TRANTOR.UMD.EDU is the one that I did.  I
suspect that the on at UDEL might be a port of a laster version than mine.
You should probably check to make sure.

I've begun some work to convert the package to a real EXEC device driver, but
that project has fell into limbo for a while.  I'm now thinking of porting
the Berkeley 4.3 BSD networking code instead.  Maybe when my hard disk returns
from the factory, these ambitious development efforts will start up again..

Louis A. Mamakos  WA3YMH    Internet: louie@TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming