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Article #1260Re: OSI and standard modules (like packet) ?
From: Alasdair Grant
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 12:31
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 12:31
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In article <57953@dime.cs.umass.edu> shri@unreal.cs.umass.edu (H.Shrikumar) writes: > There is the X-APIA specification for X.400 access. And other than that >only things like NETBIOS, or packet driver at lower layers. Not useful. > (Am I missing something ?) If not, perhaps there is some scope >for defining an interface standard for DOS accessing lower layer too. Check out Novell's ODI (Open Datalink Interface). It appears to be more flexible than NDIS or packet drivers; in fact both these interfaces can easily be provided on top of ODI. I would have said this even before the recent announcement that Novell is buying USL!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!pavo.csi.cam.ac.uk!ag129 From: ag129@cus.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso Subject: Re: OSI and standard modules (like packet) ? Message-ID: <1992Dec23.123143.9575@infodev.cam.ac.uk> Date: 23 Dec 92 12:31:43 GMT References: <1gqaiuEINNhdo@uni-erlangen.de> <1h6qdjINNmhj@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk> <57953@dime.cs.umass.edu> Sender: news@infodev.cam.ac.uk (USENET news) Organization: U of Cambridge, England Lines: 12 Nntp-Posting-Host: bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk