Info-3b2 Digest, Number 30

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                           Info-3b2 Digest, Number 30
 
                           Monday, October 24th 1988
 
Today's Topics:
 
                             Re: Rn, 3b2's & StarLAN
                                  Mail headers
                               NFS for AT&T 3Bx's
                                   14 MHZ 3B2
                              Re: various 3B2 stuff
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From: ucsfmis!ide!uunet!3b2!danno
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 88 08:50:15 EDT
Subject: Re: Rn, 3b2's & StarLAN

I received the following message from a person inside AT&T regarding
the prbolem with rn:

-->The problem you are having with rn is that
-->the streams starlan driver does not properly support
-->ioctl(). rn is blocking when you try it over starlan.
-->I'll bet that you will find that any terminal hooked
-->over a tty will run just fine.
-->
-->	The problem has been repaired in 3.2.

This seems to be the definitive answer.  I'm not sure whether it is worth
rewriting rn to make it work, or just get the upgrade.

Also,  I believe that the above reason is why one cannot run layers on a
terminal connected to StarLAN

Later,

danno
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	Daniel S. Notov		|	{monster,uunet}!onm3b2!danno     
	Ogilvy & Mather, Inc.	|	"...Advertising that sells..."
	New York, NY		|		David Ogilvy		

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Subject: Mail headers
Date: 21 Oct 88 15:59:47 CDT (Fri)
From: ucsfmis!ide!uunet!mcmi!denny (Dennis Page)

Woops.  This was supposed to go to info-3b2-request.
Terribly sorry to have bothered you all.

Denny

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Subject: NFS for AT&T 3Bx's
Date: 21 Oct 88 08:49:49 CDT (Fri)
From: ucsfmis!ide!uunet!mcmi!denny (Dennis Page)

If memory serves, Lachman did an SystemV NFS port about 2 years ago,
which they did have for sale.  I don't know if they sold it to AT&T
or not.

Denny

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Subject: 14 MHZ 3B2
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 88 14:11:10 -0400
From: len at netsys.COM

Who would be interested in comparison benchmarks
between a stock 10 mhz 3B2 and a 14 mhz 3B2?

Len Rose - Netsys,Inc. 
len at ames.arc.nasa.gov  or len at netsys.com

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Subject: Re: various 3B2 stuff
From: netsys!vsi!friedl

From: mikep at xisl1 (Mike Pellatt) [to Graham]
> 	Saw your posting on the net about formatting 3b2 drives beyond
> 1024 cylinders. Unfortunately, the problem is in the hardware, not the
> devtools (or its successor) program. 1024 cylinders is 10 bits (if my
> maths is right..). 
> 	If my memory serves me right (!!) the HD controller will support
> more cylinders - the limitation's in the registers around it.

OK netsters, let's get to the bottom of this.

*   the disk controller is an NEC 7261AD

*   Congruent Technologies sells a 170MB drive with 1224
    cylinders or so.  I'm told they wrote their own devtools
    to do it.

*   I can't find anything in the hard disk driver (id.c) that
    would appear to limit the drive to 1024 cylinders.

Anybody out there know about the 7261?

     Steve

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---------Nancy Reagan on the Three Stooges: "Just say Moe"---------

 
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