Mentat Portable Streams Explained

Mentat Portable Streams (MPS) was a platform independent implementation of the UNIX System V STREAMS networking protocol stack, normally sold with the Mentat TCP stack providing TCP/IP support. Portable Streams was used in a number of commercial products, including Apple Computer's Open Transport, AIX, VxWorks, Palm OS's Cobalt, Novell's UnixWare and other systems.^[1] Mentat also ported the system to Linux^[2] and Windows NT^[3] as a standalone product. Portable Streams was written by Mentat, who was purchased by Packeteer in 2004.^[4]

Notes and References

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2. Web site: [//www.mentat.com/tcp/tcpfaq.html Mentat TCP Frequently Asked Questions ]. 1999-04-22 . 2015-10-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19990422220032/http://www.mentat.com/tcp/tcpfaq.html . April 22, 1999 .
3. Web site: Bibliography . Gcom.com . 2001-05-07 . 2015-10-14.
4. Web site: Mentat Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek . Investing.businessweek.com . 2004-12-22 . 2015-10-14.