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Hello There

I'm posting this message for a friend of mine who does not have access to the
net. Please post all replies to *MY* address and I will make sure he gets them.

Thanks

- Charath Ram
  charath@cs.tamu.edu

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hello

A company I work for right now has a 386DX/33MHz machine that runs
Concurrent DOS 386 and uses 4 serial terminals to do some data entry work. We
are seriously thinking about upgrading our system to a proper LAN-based system
because of the speed issues involved (Conc. DOS is slow with our applns., most
of which are Clipper-based).

We anticipate having to increase our system to at most 8 terminals within the
next 1 year and then not have much change in requirement for about 2-3 years.

My questions are :

1. What are the benefits of going in for a peer-to-peer network (LANtastic, etc)
as against a dedicated file-server type network (Novell)?

2. Does a peer -to-peer network necessarily require that all machines have
identical capabilities? We are not very keen in investing a lot of money to
upgrade our terminals to 386 ATs (or 286 ATs). However, our vendor has assured
us that it will not cost us much to upgrade our terminals to diskless Novell
workstations (based on 286s)

Thank you

K. Ramarau
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