Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!spence
From: spence@utstat.uucp (Ian Spence)
Subject: Telnet on a PC (Sun 3/280S; Ethernet; PC-NFS; TCP/IP)
Message-ID: <1988Dec2.180108.11028@utstat.uucp>
Organization: Statistics, U. of Toronto
Distribution: net
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 88 18:01:08 GMT

In my department we use a Sun 3/280S as a server.  Several clients
are connected to it via Ethernet.  In addition to using the machine
as a straight Unix box, we also run PC-NFS.  People with PCs, XTs,
ATs, and 386 machines running DOS can treat directories on the Sun
like local hard drives for their PCs.  In general, this works very
well.

There is one area where I am less than happy.  When the PC is used as
a terminal to log onto the Sun under Unix (rather than using the Sun
under DOS via PC-NFS), Sun provides a terminal emulator called
PC-NFS Telnet which works, but is rather kludgy and has limited
features.  It also requires that all the PC-NFS drivers (which take
up quite a bit of room) be loaded in the PC.  I have a feeling that
there must be something better out there.  I'd appreciate hearing
from anyone with a different solution (commercial or public domain). 
Naturally I will edit and post interesting responses.

Ian Spence                          spence@utstat.toronto.edu
Department of Psychology            spence@psych.toronto.edu
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 1A1
(416) 978-7623                      BITNET: spence@utoronto