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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX networking and TCP/IP
Message-ID: <1642@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 10 Nov 88 15:56:44 GMT
References: <5277@louie.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <5277@louie.udel.EDU> CS_RATH@uta.edu (Omkar Rath) writes:
>  1.   Has the o/s for MINIX been updated from scratch to incorporate
>network calls or has some software like TCP/IP for IBM/PC/XT/AT has been
>interfaced with the MINIX system?
MINIX 1.3 includes a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) based networking with
a simple remote login, remote execution, file transfer etc.  It is based
on the client-server model that most modern distributed operating systems
use, not on TCP/X.25/OSI sliding window protocols.

>  2.   Is there such a software package available at all? ( I heard of some
>DOS based TCP/IP or PC/IP existed - this isnt the one or is it?)
The RPC code is part of 1.3, including all the source code.


>  3.   Is this the proper forum to address such queries?
Yes.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)