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- From: erick@demorgan.uwaterloo.ca (Erick Engelke)
- Subject: Re: Wattcp -> Silicon Graphics: (solution + questions)
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <Bywpn3.3Lx@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> <29256@castle.ed.ac.uk> <kev.724105170@sol>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:30:05 GMT
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- kev@sol.acs.unt.edu (Kevin W. Mullet) writes:
- >
- > I believe that WATTCP uses a config.tel file nearly identical in
- > format to the one used by both NCSA and CUTCP.
-
- Actually, I don't think so. The NCSA/CUTCP model works on objects. You
- describe each host of interest and give it attributes like the ability to
- gateway, the ability to do name service and desired screen/keyboard defaults.
- Multiple lines in the config file refer to the same object until the next
- one is started.
-
- WATTCP uses some similar words, but it does not compile the lists of objects
- in the same way. Each line is treated separately and has no real knowledge
- of previous lines.
-
- > At the end is the
- > equiv of the /etc/hosts file in the form of entries for each host
- > with (minimally, if you like ) domain names, aliases and IP
- > addresses. This should suit your purposes.
-
- You must be confusing WATTCP with something else here. There ain't no
- such feature.
-
- The reason for this different approach is that WATTCP is often used in
- TSRs and so it can't malloc up memory to hold umpteen-gazillion objects.
- The NCSA model is not as easily fired up inside a tsr.
-
- Erick
-
-
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- Erick Engelke WATTCP Architect
- erick@development.uwaterloo.ca TCP/IP was easy but i still can't work VI
-