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Re: NeXT as Mac server?

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From: Andrew Loewenstern
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 00:36
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In article <1992Aug14.003022.7356@csus.edu> eps@cs.sfsu.edu writes:
>In article <1992Aug13.041127.8872@cubetech.com>
>	andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern) writes:
>>No, 3.0 only lets you become an AppleShare _client_ and not a
>>sever.  You'll need something like uShare to get the Macs talking
>>TCP/IP and NFS to let the NeXT be a server.
>
>I think you missed the point; improvements in 3.0 (relative to
>2.x) will make it significantly easier to adapt things like
>CAP and netatalk to run "native."

Yeah, but putting CAP in a LKS that would drive AppleTalk/Share over
the en interface (that worked well) would probably be a big job.


andrew
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From: andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern)
Subject: Re: NeXT as Mac server?
Message-ID: <1992Aug16.003620.8729@cubetech.com>
Organization: Cube Technologies, Inc.
References: <1992Aug12.140612.10627@ldp.com> <1992Aug13.041127.8872@cubetech.com> <1992Aug14.003022.7356@csus.edu>
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