From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Argh!  DNet and an IRIX system.
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 23:20:48 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

In article <1992Dec12.230503.19384@cc.umontreal.ca>
hachec@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Greg Patterson) writes:

|  I'm attempting to compile the DNET 2.10 sources on an IRIX system but keep
|  getting lots of compiler errors mostly pertaining to ioctl() functions (in
|  net.c and internal.c).  Mostly undefined values like TIOPUTC or anything
|  dealing with TIO.  I looked for equivalents in <ioctl.h> but I could only 
|  match a few of em up :-( 
|  
|  Anything I can do or should I just give up?

Then you may appreciate the following exchange recently appearing in the
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm newsgroup:

Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: DNET and A/UX
Date: 11 Dec 1992 20:55:47 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsa.csd.mu.edu

In article <71474@cup.portal.com>, thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>In article <00964E4D.C8559A60@vms.csd.mu.edu>
>2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu (Ryan K. Brooks) writes:
>
>|  Anyone able to compile DNET under A/UX (yuk)?  Thanks for any pointers.
>
>Why do you care, and why post that question here?

Hey, lighten up  I post that question here because other discussions
about DNET were going on.  I own an amiga and dial in to a mac, I'd
like to use DNET.  Jesus Christ.

>
>A/UX is essentially a 1984 version of AT&T UNIX SVR2 hacked-on with Unisoft
>extensions and (originally) designed to make MacOS multi-tasking to satisfy
>perceived US Govt mandated regulations such that Apple could insinuate their
>Macs into the taxpayer-funded government sector marketplace.  It (A/UX) has
>failed miserably, both commercially and technically.
>

Okaaay, just don't take it out on me

>DNET was designed to operate under BSD-like UNIX versions (on the UNIX side).

People have also compiled it under AT&T sys's and SunOS's.


 ----------------------------
 Ryan K. Brooks                        "You're never dead till you're        
 2575BrooksR@vms.csd.mu.edu                  out of quarters."     
 Marquette University EECE              
 NemeSys Corporation
 "Curtains for Windows" 


From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: DNET and A/UX
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 21:28:49 PST
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
  <00964EED.3999E100@vms.csd.mu.edu>

In article <00964EED.3999E100@vms.csd.mu.edu>
2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu (Ryan K. Brooks) writes:

|In article <71474@cup.portal.com>, thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes
:
|>In article <00964E4D.C8559A60@vms.csd.mu.edu>
|>2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu (Ryan K. Brooks) writes:
|>
|>|  Anyone able to compile DNET under A/UX (yuk)?  Thanks for any pointers.
|>
|>Why do you care, and why post that question here?
|
|Hey, lighten up  I post that question here because other discussions
|about DNET were going on.  I own an amiga and dial in to a mac, I'd
|like to use DNET.  Jesus Christ.

Sheesh, a heretic, yet.  :-)

|>A/UX is essentially a 1984 version of AT&T UNIX SVR2 hacked-on with Unisoft
|>extensions and (originally) designed to make MacOS multi-tasking to satisfy
|>perceived US Govt mandated regulations such that Apple could insinuate their
|>Macs into the taxpayer-funded government sector marketplace.  It (A/UX) has
|>failed miserably, both commercially and technically.
|
|Okaaay, just don't take it out on me

Hey, you're the guy with an Apple.  Why didn't you post in comp.unix.aux?
Crapple stuff and cruft is NOT welcome in the Amiga newsgroups.

|>DNET was designed to operate under BSD-like UNIX versions (on the UNIX side).
|
|People have also compiled it under AT&T sys's and SunOS's.

Then kindly explain why it DOESN'T work on:

	AT&T 3B1 (AT&T UNIX SVR2.* and AT&T UNIX SVR3.*)
	AT&T 3B2 (AT&T UNIX SVR3.*)
	HPUX 7.* (an AT&T UNIX derivative)
	HPUX 8.05 (an AT&T UNIX derivative)
	HPUX 8.07 (an AT&T UNIX derivative)
	HPUX 9.* (at AT&T derivative)
	IRIX 4.0.* (SGI's AT&T UNIX derivative)
	Ultrix (from DEC)
	UTS (Amdahl's AT&T UNIX derivative)

Aw, fergit it, you probably didn't read Matt Dillon's "README" explaining
the variant of UNIX upon which his DNet will function).

From: 2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu (Ryan K. Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: DNET and A/UX
Date: 12 Dec 1992 23:50:11 GMT
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
Reply-To: 2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsd.csd.mu.edu

[ Lots and Lots of unrelated stuff deleted ]
	Anyway, I am working with a friend to get dnet working under
at&t unix derivatives (in particular, a/ux at first).  If anyone
has any experiences with porting DNET, lemme know.  Thanks

 ----------------------------
 Ryan K. Brooks                        "You're never dead till you're        
 2575BrooksR@vms.csd.mu.edu                  out of quarters."     
 Marquette University EECE              
 NemeSys Corporation
 "Curtains for Windows" 


In article <00964FCE.C032A440@vms.csd.mu.edu>
2575brooksr@vms.csd.mu.edu (Ryan K. Brooks) writes:

|  [ Lots and Lots of unrelated stuff deleted ]
|  	Anyway, I am working with a friend to get dnet working under
|  at&t unix derivatives (in particular, a/ux at first).  If anyone
|  has any experiences with porting DNET, lemme know.  Thanks


The fact you're attempting to bring up a BSD-specific program on the braindead
A/UX system is *NOT* unrelated.

Nonetheless, you may find the following books helpful (in order of priority):

1)	USING C ON THE UNIX SYSTEM, O'Reilly and Associates
	ISBN 0-937175-23-4
	VERY helpful for BSD-to-AT&T porting efforts

2)	C LANGUAGE INTERFACES, AT&T and Prentice Hall
	ISBN 0-13-109661-3

3)	The Design and Implementation of the 3.2BSD UNIX Operating System
	Leffler, et al
	Addison-Wesley; ISBN 0-201-06196-1

4)	The Design of the UNIX Operating System, Maurice Bach
	Prentice-Hall; ISBN 0-13-201799-7


Good luck.

Thad Floryan [ thad@btr.com, thad@cup.portal.com ]