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In article <1gqfoqINN8i0@network.ucsd.edu> asp@chem.ucsd.edu (Alexander S.  
Polinsky) writes:
> 
> I would like to ask you if the following is possible with NeXTstep 3.0:
> 1. Can NeXT be connected to a network of Macs?
> 2. Can NeXT printer that I have now be used as a network printer
>    for the Macs?
> 3. If we buy a large disk drive and connect it to the NeXT, can
>    the NeXT be used as a file server for the Mac network?

The answer could be yes if someone has ported CAP (Columbia AppleTalk Protocol)  
to the NeXT.  I have used this quite successfully with a Sun.  It gives you an  
appletalk file/printer server off of unix and the unix box gets to use the  
appletalk printers (of course you don't really need this last feature with NS  
3.0).  CAP is freeware and can be found at rutgers.edu.  I have cross posted  
this the comp.protocols.appletalk, where CAP is discussed, in hopes someone  
there knows the answer.

If this doesn't work, you might want to consider buying a single Sun to be your  
CAP server and use NIS/NFS/LPR to integrate it into the Nexts.


> Alex Polinsky
> UCSD
> (619)455-3200

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