Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:3694 comp.sys.ibm.pc:16928 comp.dcom.lans:1531 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!cgh!paul From: paul@cgh.UUCP (Paul Homchick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: Does anybody know anything about PMX/Term from AT&T? Keywords: PMX/Term AT&T Mail Access PLUS STARMAIL Message-ID: <740@cgh.UUCP> Date: 4 Jul 88 16:54:31 GMT References: <1261@neoucom.UUCP> <1387@lznv.ATT.COM> <738@cgh.UUCP> <5902@chinet.UUCP> Reply-To: paul@cgh.UUCP (Paul Homchick) Organization: Chimitt Gilman Homchick, Radnor, PA Lines: 65 In article <738@cgh.UUCP> I wrote: > >>I recently purchased a 6386 WGS with Unix/386 which I wish to use to >>provide the same services as the 3B1, i.e: DOS server, and unix logins >>via STARLAN. In article <5902@chinet.UUCP> les@chinet.UUCP (Leslie Mikesell) writes: > >First, a question: do you expect to be able to connect the 3B1 and the >6386 to the same Starlan network? My impression is that when the 6386 >unix starlan driver is released it will use the recently announced OSI >low-level protocol and I have heard nothing about a compatible release >for the 3B1. Of course I expect to be able to connect the 3B1 and the 6386 to the same network. Why should I want to throw away my 3B1? This is a very a very intriguing and very unpleasent train of thought which I had not, until now, entertained. I note from a passel of literature just received, that AT&T is offering the following STARLAN products: 3B2 Server Program, Version 3 3B2 OSI Network Program 386 Server Program, Version 3 386 OSI Network Program DOS Server Program, Version 3 3B2 DOS Server Program, Version 1.01 PC6300 Network Program, Version 2.0 STARLAN Hardware STARLAN10 Hardware Is it possible that not all of these items are compatible with each other? Might someone running a 3B1 with a DOS server and a few copies of the PC6300 Version 2.0 Network Program be forced to throw it all away and start over again if they want to add a 6386WGS Unix box to the network? What does STARLAN mean, if all of these are "STARLAN", but none of them will talk to the others? Will the *real* STARLAN please stand up. This is not idle curiosity on my part. I have a real network with real AT&T equipment in it, and there is a 6386WGS on my desk awaiting integration. If there is a helpful AT&T Network Guru out there I have a few questions: 1. Can the "PC6300 Network Program, Ver 2" communicate with one of the Ver 3 Servers? 2. Does the DOS client software come bundled with the Ver 3 Server programs? 3. Can the 'old' STARLAN protocol and the new version 3 exist on the same physical network? i.e: can there be a set of version 3 servers and clients, and version 1 servers and clients on the same network? 4. Will a 1:10 bridge provide connectivity between version 3 and version 1 as well as connecting STARLAN and STARLAN10? 5. Is the "OSI Network Program" required to run the "Version 3 Server Program"? If so, is it bundled with the Server, or is it an extra cost item? 6. If the answers to these questions are not resolved in my favor, does anyone want to buy a loaded 3B1? (Or, maybe a 6386. It isn't clear which "incompatible" hardware to dump.) (Or^^2, where is the OSI support for the 1,000's of 3B1s??) -- Paul Homchick {allegra | rutgers | uunet} !cbmvax!cgh!paul Chimitt Gilman Homchick, Inc.; One Radnor Station, Suite 300; Radnor, PA 19087