Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!psuvax1!owens
From: owens@psuvax1.psu.edu (Robert Michael Owens)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm
Subject: Re: UREP on SUN
Message-ID: <3231@psuvax1.psu.edu>
Date: 21 Jan 88 05:53:27 GMT
References: <8801140130.AA21999@jade.berkeley.edu> <2518@encore.UUCP>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Penn State University
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Summary: well in part for your $850

In article <2518@encore.UUCP>, loverso@encore.UUCP (John LoVerso) writes:
> In article <8801140130.AA21999@jade.berkeley.edu> leonid%taurus.bitnet@jade.berkeley.edu writes:
> > Get the original UREP package from PSU...which is $800 for an educational site
> 
> $800 for UREP?  Thats unbelievable!  I cannot imagine what change in UREP
> 
> want global access to "root".  By "global", I *do* mean bitnet-wide access.
> 
> 
> John Robert LoVerso, Encore Computer Corp
> encore!loverso, loverso@multimax.arpa
> [The views expressed above are my own, and no reflection of those of Encore]

well in part for your $850, many (hopefully all) of the security problems
have been addressed and all known (and reported) bugs have been fixed.
Many new features and improvments have been added (chime sockets).

actually urep2 is still available for $250. urep3 (the $850 version) was
written to support the jes/nje line protocol. urep3 is also supported for the
ibm rt/pc. the sna/udp/ip (yes that is sna over udp/ip) line driver is a real
performer.

it is interesting how people react to the cost of urep3. jnet (which
started it's life as a conceptual port of urep to vms) costs big
bucks. you do get n days hot line support but still.

owens