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Started by Erik E. Rantapaa
Mon, 12 Dec 1994 04:11
Free Mac <-> PC networking? CAP for DOS? NFS for Mac?
Author: Erik E. Rantapaa
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 04:11
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 04:11
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I'm looking for a cheap way to share files between my networked Mac and PC. I have Windows for Workgroups on the PC and System 7.1 (with MacTCP) on the Mac. Currently I've rigged up a "FTP file system" between the two. It involves using (on the PC) Trumpet Winsock, ws_ftp, ws_ftpd, (and on the Mac) NCSA Telnet, Fetch, MacPerl and Applescript. (Thank God for free software!) The two computers are sitting right next to each other, so the set up is not all that inconvenient. What would be nice is if there was a Appleshare server for DOS, or a free NFS extension for System 7 (since there are free NFS servers for DOS). Until WINE becomes a little more robust, using CAP under Linux is not really an option, although it would work, and I'd love to go that route. Does anyone have ideas of what else I can do? I'm not very savvy about DOS networking. If there was a commercial package which did the job for less than, say, $100 I could probably justify spending the money. (Note: Since I've cross-posted this to so many newsgroups, I've set the Followup-To: to comp.sys.mac.comm where most Mac networking topics are discussed. Please look there for replies. I will also post a summary there of any email responses I receive.) -- Erik E. Rantapaa -- rantapaa@math.umn.edu
Re: Free Mac <-> PC networking? CAP for DOS? NFS for Mac?
Author: Greg Goodman
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 21:05
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 21:05
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In article <rantapaa.787205511@s6.math.umn.edu> rantapaa@s6.math.umn.edu (Erik E. Rantapaa) writes: > Does anyone have ideas of what else I can do? I'm not very savvy about > DOS networking. If there was a commercial package which did the job > for less than, say, $100 I could probably justify spending the money. > Miramar provides a Windows application called Personal MACLAN Connect which allows the PC to share it's drives and printers with the Mac. The new 5.0 version due in February will allow the PC to access the Mac's drives. True peer to peer file sharing (if the Mac has system 7 file sharing on) between the Mac and PC. All you need is a network connection and the software. Please let us know if you need more information or have questions. Greg Goodman Miramar Systems, Inc. T(805) 966-2432 F(805) 965-1824 miramar@pacrain.com
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