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RE: NUPop and token-ring TCP/IP

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From: Philip R. Burns
Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 05:33
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In message Mon, 23 May 1994 16:05:43 -0700 (PDT),
  "Chuck McDaniels, UCR Academic Computing" <CHUCKM@UCRAC1.UCR.EDU>  writes:

> Date sent:  23-MAY-1994 16:02:19
>
> Hi:
>
> I have another question that I hope someone else has experienced.  We
> have some PC's (not many) that have token-ring cards, and get their
> ethernet connection via some warped means that utilizes the token-ring
> card.
>
> When I try to run NUPop 2.0.2, I get a "not enough memory to create
> Composer, aborting NUPop" message.  This machine has only 1MB of memory,
> and I expect that should be the reason why memory is short in supply..
> However, it does have 557K of conventional memory available when I start
> NUPop.

That isn't enough low memory on a 1 meg machine.  The protected mode
version needs two meg.

> I tried installing NUPop 1.0.3, and it complains that the network packet
> driver isn't installed.  I can use Telnet, though, so I don't see how
> that can be the case.  Does anyone have any advice on using NUPop on a
> machine which has a token-ring card?  Please e-mail me directly, and I'll
> summarize after awhile.
> Thanks so much.
>

Use oditrpkt.com .

-- Phil "Pib" Burns
   Northwestern University
   Evanston, IL.  USA
   pib@nwu.edu
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