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2This directory contains source for some programs that
3help Plan 9 co-exist with the non-Plan 9 world.
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5	9pfreebsd/
6		Patches to FreeBSD 3.2 to add the IL network protocol
7		and the pre-9P2000 version of 9P.
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9	drawterm/
10		Drawterm is a Unix and Windows program that simulates
11		a Plan 9 terminal to connect to a Plan 9 cpu server.
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13		See drawterm/README for details.
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15	u9fs/
16		U9fs is a simple 9P server that runs on Unix.
17		It serves both 9P2000 and the older 9P.
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19	netkey.c
20		A standalone Unix version of Plan 9's netkey(1).
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22	winstart
23	winplumb.c
24	winplumb.exe
25		Winstart is a shell script to be used with the plumber
26		to relay plumbing messages (typically URLs) to a Windows
27		machine.  It is particularly useful with VMware.
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29The following programs at external locations may also be of interest:
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31	Plan 9 from User Space
32		a Unix port of acme, sam, tcs, and many other Plan 9 programs
33		- http://swtch.com/plan9port
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35	V9fs
36		a project to write 9P drivers for other operating systems
37		- 9p2000.ko is now part of the standard Linux 2.6 tree
38		- http://v9fs.sourceforge.net/
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40	spin, the protocol verifier
41		- http://spinroot.com/
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43	sam
44		older ports of Sam to Unix and Windows
45		- ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/plan9
46		- ftp://plan9.bell-labs.com/netlib/research/
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48	9pm
49		an old port of much of the Plan 9 tools to Windows
50		- http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/ureg.html
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