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- From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
- Subject: Re: Banyan And OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.160027.20636@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 16:00:27 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.173816.12131@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <19921216143203.h198@hosp.med.umich.edu>
- Organization: San Jose State University - Math/CS Dept.
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- h198@hosp.med.umich.edu (Gene Mangum) writes:
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- >In Article <1992Dec16.173816.12131@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> "wfp@Turing.ORG (William F. Pemberton)" says:
- >>
- >> Is there currently a way for an OS/2 machine to log into a Banyan network?
- > I assume you mean OS/2 2.0. Banyan has had OS/2 1.3 support for quite
- > awhile. If you mean 2.0, then sorta. Official support is due in the
- > "near" future, whatever that means. Currently, if you're *really*
- > lucky, you may be able to get into the "Limited Availability" program
- > and get test copies of their 2.0 drivers. Otherwise, as a last
- > resort, you can get a login in *one* DOS box by making a DOS 5.0 boot
- > image (using VMDISK), and loading the DOS Banyan drivers. If you
- > take this route, this one DOS box will own your network card. No
- > other app can share it (outside the DOS box). When the real OS/2 2.0
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > support is out, you'll have full access to Banyan drives from all of
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > OS/2.
- ^^^^^
-
- If, and only if, you upgrade to VINES 5.x.
-