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From: masscomp-request@soma.bcm.tmc.edu (Stan Barber)
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Subject: Random data about the upcoming NFS release
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Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 14:56:38 EST
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Some of this information is not confirmed. Masscomp is encouraged to
respond with authoratative information.

It has been brought to my attention that performance problems may make
NFS impossible to run on systems that have do not have the 68020 CPU.
Basically, the combination of the EXOS 201 controller and the 68000/68010
cpu do not have enough performance to support NFS. The 68020 product with
the integral controllers will work fine. Those systems that have a 68020 and
the EXOS 301 controller [Does Masscomp sell these?] will also work. The
68020 with the EXOS201 is said to work as well, although the rumblings are
there that indicate this is only true of the EXOS201 is run as a link-level
controller with in-kernel protocols.

Projected release of NFS (which will be a seperate product from the
SP-70 product [which is also required]) will be about March.

RTU 4.0 may be required to run NFS as well.