Clark Briggs wrote:
> So what kind of OS is MPE?  Can they get typical TCP/IP services up
> on it (they dont think they have it, and it doesnt answer a telnet
> login attempt)?  I read on the HP MPE product page that there is a
> Telnet server.  Is this optional?  Should they expect to find it on
> their machine?  How about other TPC apps, eg rlogin, ftp, httpd?

If you have MPE/iX 5.5 release (the latest) with PowerPatch 1, then you
have (though you must "enable" and/or "acquire" them):

Integrated into MPE as standard features:
* TCP/IP protocols (requires configuration via NMMGR.PUB.SYS and startup
  activation via :NETCONTROL/:NSCONTROL START),
* inetd (INETD.NET.SYS) but /etc/inetd.conf is INETDCNF.NET.SYS,
* telnet client/server (server enabled under inetd),
* DNS resolver (if you setup RESLVCNF.NET.SYS from RSLVSAMP.NET.SYS),
* ftp client/server (ftp.arpa.sys client; :stream jftpstrt.arpa.sys for
  the server daemon),
* bootpd/tftpd services under inetd,
* BSD sockets API (if you have C/iX or gcc),
* Incoming NS/VT session interface (3000-proprietary telnet-like service
  likely used by your Win92 clients)

Available services:
* httpd (NCSA httpd 1.3 from jazz, OpenMarket Web Server from HP),
* rcp, remsh, and some other utilities (not rlogin) available on jazz,
* sendmail (not robust) or NetMail (from 3K & Associates, commercial)
  SMTP mail service,
* POP/gopher/finger (again, third-party 3K),
* lpr/lpd from various third parties
* NFS (third-party from Quest)
* others I'm sure I've overlooked

> What kind of terminal emulator is Win92?  Does it and MPE use a
> proprietary network protocol between them? or is it just a telnet with
> a specific terminal model?

Most likely NS/VT as mentioned above.  If you enable inetd on MPE 5.5
and enable telnet service, telnet should work.  There is also yet
another package "freevt3k" which will do NS/VT connections from a unix
box.

In short, the 3000 isn't as network-dead as you might presume; however,
it does take some knowledgeable tweaking to make it act "properly" to
those people of the unix mindset.  It does at lot more that might appear
at face value.  It does not, however, do DNS server, rlogin, nntp, and
some other services one might expect.

Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]>