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- From: ag129@cus.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
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- Subject: Re: OSI and standard modules (like packet) ?
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 12:31:43 GMT
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- In article <57953@dime.cs.umass.edu> shri@unreal.cs.umass.edu (H.Shrikumar) writes:
- > There is the X-APIA specification for X.400 access. And other than that
- >only things like NETBIOS, or packet driver at lower layers. Not useful.
- > (Am I missing something ?) If not, perhaps there is some scope
- >for defining an interface standard for DOS accessing lower layer too.
-
- Check out Novell's ODI (Open Datalink Interface). It appears to be more
- flexible than NDIS or packet drivers; in fact both these interfaces can
- easily be provided on top of ODI.
-
- I would have said this even before the recent announcement that Novell is
- buying USL!
-