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From: karn@jupiter..bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: KA9Q
Keywords: KA9Q
Message-ID: <13514@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Date: 18 Jan 89 18:17:05 GMT
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Reply-To: karn@jupiter.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
Organization: Secular Humanists for No-Code
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>(a) Are ethernet drivers available/in the works for
>    other boards than the 5c500/501 that is supported in the
>    version I have (Jan 20, 1988)? I have the 3c503, 3c523
>    and the BICC 4113.

Yes. I now support the FTP Software Packet Driver interface, which means
that the package will work with any board that has a packet driver. This
now includes the 3C501, TRW PC-2000, Western Digital WD8003E, Micom/Interlan
NI5010 and NI5210. There is also a packet-driver based SLIP. Russ Nelson,
Bob Clements and Karl Auerbach did these drivers.

>(b) Is porting KA9Q to Turbo C easy? Has anyone done it?

Russ Nelson has been doing this for some time. I am currently about to
convert over to Turbo myself as the primary version -- I've gotten tired
of hearing so many people ask for it!

>(c) What is the current status of KA9Q? Is my version 
>    totally obsolete?

Most likely. Pre-release (working but undocumented) versions can be found
on flash.bellcore.com under /pub/ka9q/nos.arc; the file currently there
is source code only.

Phil