[NCSA-discuss] SCO nfs

[Brad Oaks]

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:44 AM, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 5 May 2012, Steve Wolfe wrote:
>
>> ..  I am uncertain how serial terminals would run
>
> I take it you're talking about the multiport serial card in the SCO box,
> with a cable coming out of it as thick as your thumb, that talks to the
> various Wyse terminals (at people's desks (all looking like emulators
> running inside W95).
>
> Brad suggested the serial card might be doing SLIP. I have no idea what it's
> doing. I've only done SLIP over a phone line before PPP. This was SLIP
> inside TCPIP. I don't know what SLIP between terminals looks like.

Sorry, I had suggested SLIP as an alternative if you couldn't get the
Operating System to see the network adapter.  It won't help with the
multiport serial card.