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Announcing Nvatm version 1.0

  • From: aschked@ada.CS.ORST.EDU (David Aschkenasy)
  • Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 22:20:32 -0500, 14 Apr 1995 03:02:11 GMT

Announcing Nvatm version 1.0


Project Livewire, funded by the Network for Engineering and Research
in Oregon (NERO), has produced Nvatm.  Nvatm is a video-conferencing
tool that allows the multicast of video traffic on a Fore Systems ATM
network.  It is a derivative of Nv by Ron Frederick of Xerox Parc and
interoperates seamlessly with its ascendant.

New in this version is an optimized "raw" encoder.  A Sparc 20 with
SunVideo 1.0 was able to kick out a 20 Megabit per second uncompressed
video stream. This will really chew up all that pesky extra bandwidth
that ATM provides. 

Nvatm has been compiled under the Solaris 2.3 operating system and release
2.3 of Fore Systems API to Fores equipment.  SPANS signaling is
required for ATM operation of Nvatm.


The binaries, sources, and documentation are available at ftp.nero.net
in the directory pub/aschked/:

binaries: nvatm.Z 
	ftp://ftp.nero.net/pub/aschked/nvatm.Z

sources: nvatmsrc-1.0.Z
	ftp://ftp.nero.net/pub/aschked/nvatmsrc-1.0.tar.Z

documentation: 
	nvatm.ps.Z  - postscript version
	nvatm.txt   - text version
	slides.ps.Z - slides used in oral presentation

	ftp://ftp.nero.net/pub/aschked/nvatm.ps.Z
	ftp://ftp.nero.net/pub/aschked/nvatm.txt
	ftp://ftp.nero.net/pub/aschked/slides.ps.Z

Operation requires no user intervention.  If an ATM connection can be
made between two Nvatm processes then it will be created
automatically.  The text nvatm.txt available in the same directory as
the binary should answer most questions.  The author will be happy to
entertain any questions regarding Nvatm. Contact David Aschkenasy
<aschked@r.cs.orst.edu>.


For more information on NERO refer to <http://www.nero.net>.





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