
This directory contains source for some programs that
help Plan 9 co-exist with the non-Plan 9 world.

	9pfreebsd/
		Patches to FreeBSD 3.2 to add the IL network protocol
		and the pre-9P2000 version of 9P.

	drawterm/
		Drawterm is a Unix and Windows program that simulates
		a Plan 9 terminal to connect to a Plan 9 cpu server.

		See drawterm/README for details.

	u9fs/
		U9fs is a simple 9P server that runs on Unix.
		It serves both 9P2000 and the older 9P.

	netkey.c
		A standalone Unix version of Plan 9's netkey(1).

	winstart
	winplumb.c
	winplumb.exe
		Winstart is a shell script to be used with the plumber
		to relay plumbing messages (typically URLs) to a Windows
		machine.  It is particularly useful with VMware.

The following programs at external locations may also be of interest:

	Plan 9 from User Space
		a Unix port of acme, sam, tcs, and many other Plan 9 programs
		- http://swtch.com/plan9port

	V9fs
		a project to write 9P drivers for other operating systems
		- 9p2000.ko is now part of the standard Linux 2.6 tree
		- http://v9fs.sourceforge.net/

	spin, the protocol verifier
		- http://spinroot.com/

	sam
		older ports of Sam to Unix and Windows
		- ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/plan9
		- ftp://plan9.bell-labs.com/netlib/research/

	9pm
		an old port of much of the Plan 9 tools to Windows
		- http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/ureg.html

