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- Original-To: "Michele LaVallee Hu" <michele@boombox.micro.umn.edu>
- Original-Cc: gopher-news@boombox.micro.umn.edu
- Subject: Re: Novell's ODI and PC Gopher client software
- References: Your message of Fri, 11 Sep 92 16:35:03 -0500.
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 16:42:10 -0400
- From: Jeremy.James@med.umich.edu ("Jeremy T. James")
- Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gopher
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- >The PC Gopher client software is written to work with a packet driver such as
- >the Clarkson/Crynwr packet drivers. These packet drivers make it possible for
- >
- >your ethernet board to easily handle more than one kind of packet. Novell has
- >
- >come up with another way to do the same thing. It is called ODI (Open Data-Li
- >nk
- >Interface).
- >
- >However, Novell's ODI software and the Clarkson/Crynwr packet drivers will not
- >
- >co-exist and the PC Gopher client software doesn't work with just Novell's ODI
- >
- >software.
- >
- >A solution is to use Novell's ODI software along with ODIPKT, written by Dan
- >Lanciani. ODIPKT.ZIP is available via anonymous ftp at
- >
- >boombox.micro.umn.edu:pub/netware
- >
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- This isn't exactly true, there is also the option of using the Gopher
- Client that I wrote specifically for Novell's ODI driver. It is located at
- lennon.itn.med.umich.edu via anonymous ftp from pub/gopher
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- I am currently working on adding features and improving it, but we are
- pretty happy with it's performance so far here at U of M...
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- Jeremy T. James University of Michigan Medical Center, ITN
- B1911 CFOB, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0704 Phone:313-747-2778 blackp@med.umich.edu
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