Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!decvax!eagle_snax!hinode!geoff From: geoff@hinode.east.sun.com (Geoff Arnold @ Sun ECD - R.H. coast near the top) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: PC/IP vs. Ungermann-Bass PC-NIU Message-ID: <598@eagle_snax.UUCP> Date: 6 Jun 89 17:20:05 GMT References: <1794@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> <1992@husc6.harvard.edu> <462@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Sender: news@eagle_snax.UUCP Reply-To: garnold@sun.com Distribution: comp Organization: Sun Microsystems, Billerica MA Lines: 43 In article latzko@pilot.njin.net (Alex ) writes: >In article ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: > >> Choke. The PC-NIU is one of these smart Ethernet card. It's use >[deleted] >> PC-NFS for the thing using the XNS version of the board to spit out >> raw ethernet packets. >[deleted] >> -Ron > >PC-NFS support from SUN has been dropped in the latest release ( if I >read the release notes correctly !). The other two products are NET/1 >from UB which has finally been fixed into something useable ( not that >I would use it mind you ) and a version of TN3270 which was based on >the UB libraries. Let me clarify Alex's comments: I quote from the marketing blurb: ~ F. NOT in this release: ~ ----------------------- ~ ~ [...] ~ ~ Support for intelligent Excelan cards, token ring drivers or ~ the Ungermann-Bass NIU driver. Ungermann-Bass is now providing ~ the NIU driver for PC-NFS. Sun still provides the Ungermann-Bass ~ NIC driver with PC-NFS. [...] ~ ~ In other words, an NIU driver is still available, but you should contact U-B to obtain it. This is so that they can keep the various drivers in sync. Also, if you are currently running PC-NFS over an NIU, we've done nothing to break it, though you will need to install as type "Other" and handcraft the AUTOEXEC and CONFIG files based on your current ones. Geoff Arnold, Internet: garnold@sun.com Manager, PC-NFS Engineering UUCP: ....!sun!garnold PCDS Group, Sun Microsystems Inc. "A disclaimer? Sure, at that price you can have half a dozen of 'em."