Banyan VINES
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Banyan VINES is a discontinued network operating system developed by Banyan Systems for computers running AT&T's UNIX System V.
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Quick Facts Purpose, Developer(s) ...
Protocol stack | |
Purpose | LAN |
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Developer(s) | Banyan Systems |
Introduction | 1984; 40 years ago (1984) |
Based on | XNS |
OSI layer | 3 to 7 |
Hardware | Ethernet, others |
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VINES is an acronym for Virtual Integrated NEtwork Service. Like Novell NetWare, VINES's network services are based on the Xerox XNS stack.
James Allchin, who later worked as Group Vice President for Platforms at Microsoft until his retirement on January 30, 2007, was the chief architect of Banyan VINES.