#: 16837 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    01-Nov-92  22:07:47
Sb: #network stuff
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: Kev 76703,4227 (X)

Kev,

Barry Bond and I have been piddling with the networks stuff Larry passed on to
me. Neat stuff!

First off all ... lemme ask (rather sheepishly) is it possible to run this over
a modem? Serial is serial ... right? By telling the modem to ignore both CD and
DTR, we were able to establish a link between the two computers. This done, I
exited the termial program on /t0 and made sure /t0 was not iniz'd.

Software installed nicely on both systems and the network appeared to be up.
Doing a ndir -a on the MM/1 shows the MM/1 active, but a -TC70. The same
command on the TC70 shows it to be active, but a -MM1.

There also seems to be a difference in each system in the way it is operating.
The TC70 appears to be 'polling' on a regular basis ( as told by watching the
modem lights). The MM1 does not.

Another difference is that issuing a command on the MM/1 nets an almost
immediate 'blip' of data being sent out the serial port, while there is no
immediate 'blip' on the TC70 in response to a command.

Something else noticed was that n6870 isn't a system state process as other
drivers. Is this significant?

Also, when taking the network down with a nmon -d, the data pointer is left at
$0000000. This makes it impossible to deiniz n0 and remove it from memory.
Trying to do so will hang the machine.

Any thoughts? Are we just out of our minds to attempt this over the phone?

*- Steve -*



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