Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!munnari!murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au!ditmela!worsley From: worsley@ditmela.oz (Andrew Worsley) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Info wanted: Running an amoeba sherver under UNIX Message-ID: <5324@ditmela.oz> Date: 22 May 89 08:19:29 GMT References: <386@sirius.ua.oz> Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology, Australia Lines: 19 From article <386@sirius.ua.oz>, by cagney@chook.ua.oz (Andrew Cagney - aka Noid): > I recall vaguely that someone got a sun (or some other machine) running > UNIX to accept and handle amoeba packets. If you've done this could you > please send me more information. (eg how hard it is, may be sources). > I remeber Andy Tanenbaum saying he was looking into trying to provide this but never heard anything else. I also have just upgraded to SunOS 4.0 and it mentions (briefly) as an enhancement the uncoupling of the ethernet driver so that modules that handle other protocols could be added. I immeadiately thought of this. Let me add please post the results of this to the newsgroup for the rest of us, I think there would be considerable interest. Andrew Worsley -- Division of Information Technology (Melbourne), Phone +61 3 347 8644 C.S.I.R.O. Fax +61 3 347 8987 55 Barry St. Telex AA 152914 Carlton, Vic, 3053, Australia E-mail: worsley@ditmela.oz.au