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Another SystemTools Query (Pup server address from System Tools)

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From: Henry Thompson
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 10:26
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Turns out the problem was not with the address at all, but with
IEEE 802.3 compatibility switch -- Medley
sysouts/microcode default to old, non-compatible encapsulation types,
but System Tool defaults to new, compatible types.  Changing either
one enables successful communication, and Sysin times not much worse
than from XNS file server.

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From: hthompso%cstr.edinburgh.ac.uk@NSFNET-RELAY.AC.UK (Henry Thompson)
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Subject: Another SystemTools Query (Pup server address from System Tools)
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Date: 15 Mar 90 10:26:45 GMT
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