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From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: Drivers for FORE systems cards under FreeBSD
To: rv@fore.com (Rajesh Vaidheeswarran)
Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 13:29:49 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, announce@FreeBSD.org, pss@fore.com
In-Reply-To: <9505241553.AA25134@loach.fore.com> from "Rajesh Vaidheeswarran" at May 24, 95 11:53:10 am
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I asked Fore systems about this..
(4 days ago)
their response email (unfortunatly deleted) said 
we would have to pay (I think) $10,000 (or was it 20?)
and sign an NDA.

I wish they'd make up their mind!
Poul and I have an ATM network with FORE aystems on it we could test against,
but I doubt we're going to fork over 10K for it..

julian
> 
> 
> I had originally mentioned this only to 2 people, which was Jordan
> K. Hubbard and Paul Henning-Kemp, but since I have received a lot of
> queries on this, I thought I might as well post it on the FreeBSD announce
> groups. 
> 
> Included below is a posting done on the Linux-atm mailing group, by
> Pragnesh Sampat. I have just adapted for FreeBSD.
> 
> RV
> 
> -------------------------- Announcement ----------------------------------
> Note: This posting is somewhat commercial in nature.
> 
> FORE Systems is interested in enabling an ATM driver for FreeBSD.
> 
> For the unfamiliar, FORE Systems supports the widest range of
> platforms/busses (EISA, PCI relevant to the PCs for example) for ATM
> adapters for various standard physical media (OC3, Taxi, UTP).  Please see
> below for more information about the company and for contact information.
> 
> Towards this end we are willing to make the ATM Adaptation Layer Interface
> (AALI) specification available to the public via various information
> servers (ftp, www etc.). 
> 
> 200 series adapter cards have an i960 processor to do the SAR.  This is
> done by the firmware which is shipped with the software that goes with the
> adapter.  The firmware is normally downloaded during boot and is mostly
> transparent to the user.  ESA-200PC would come with the right firmware to
> run on a PC.  The AALI is an interface to the firmware and will be needed
> for driver development if a 200 series adapter will be used.
> 
> It would something like:
> 
> 
> 		  IP
> 		  |
> 		Driver
> 		  |
> 		firmware
> 		  |
> 		200 series
> 
> 
> The AALI is available from:
> 	
> ftp.fore.com:/pub/docs/
> 
> 	aali.readme
> 	aali.ps
> 
> 
> --Pragnesh
> 
> FORE Systems, Inc.
> 	
> Company and Contact Information:
> 
> FORE Systems is the worldwide leader in the design, development,
> manufacture, and sale of high performance local area networking products
> based on ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) technology.  FORE offers the most
> comprehensive ATM LAN product line available today including ForeRunner
> switches, adapter cards, LAN access products, and video adapters,
> ForeThought internetworking software, and ForeView network management
> software.  FORE has delivered ATM solutions to over 500 customers including
> Fortune 500 companies, telecommunications service providers, government
> agencies, research institutions, and universities.  FORE Systems'
> headquarters are located at 174 Thorn Hill Road, Warrendale, Pennsylvania
> 15086.  
> 
> email: info@fore.com
> Phone: (412) 772-6600
> Fax  : (412) 772-6500
> 
> -------------------------- Announcement ----------------------------------
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