25 Apr
2006
25 Apr
'06
2:46 p.m.
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Subject: cctech Digest, Vol 32, Issue 48
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:17:52 -0500 (CDT)
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Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:42:16 -0400
From: Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org>
Subject: Re: anyone have a terminal server?
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On Sunday 23 April 2006 14:47, Richard wrote:
Pat, your understanding is incorrect.
Xyplex was founded by 3 ex-DECies as a terminal server company before Digital
had established the LAN DECserver and LAT. One of the founders
was the author of the CTERM protocol and witnessed the debacle of the Mercury
terminal server. (but I digress)
Their initial designs used proprietary LAN media and protocols. Their later
products used more commodized technology of the times.
I don't know the 'rep of their product. But the company was very successful
for awhile but was later acquired by Raetheon and then traded around the
aerospace/computer industry before disappearing.
Xylogics had been in business for many years doing various computer related
things, including peripherals and disk drives, before acquiring the rights to
the "Annex" product line from a third party. The products were based on a
proprietary Unix kernel and spoke telnet, PPP, and LAT and other things. I was
instrumental in getting them to implement RADIUS. In 1996 they were
accquired by Bay Networks where they continued to produce terminal server
products (5399 blade system) until the merger with Nortel. I'm not sure
what happened to the IPR of the Annex, I believe it was sold to another
company.
The former DEC terminal server line was spun off to Cabletron, and the
remains live in Enterasys.
I attempted to assertain whom owns the rights to LAT last year (as a
reference in RFC 4005 Diameter NAS Application) and got a murky answer. The
last vendor selling code (Meridian) went out-of-business a few years back.
Dave Mitton.
I see that DEC has had a line of terminal
servers. They look like
they would do the job (my needs are more along the lines of
connectivity rather than fancy features like 3270 support).
Reading around on the net indicates that Xylogics had a good line of
terminal servers, but that the similarly named Xyplex had buggy
product.
I've never heard anything all that good from people that have used
Xylogics Annex boxes.
At work, we use a whole bunch of Xyplex Maxserver 1640s for console
servers, and they Just Work.. They're a direct descendant of DECservers
(from what I understand, DEC sold off the line to Xyplex).
Pat
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