Use of DOS CD-ROMs through Networked OS/2

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2 total messages Started by Irving_Wolfe Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:46

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Author: Irving_Wolfe
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:46

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We use a CD-ROM database that, because of its data format (weirdly
compressed, and I'm not a cryptographer) can only be used with the
DOS software it comes with.  (SoftPC won't handle this situation.)
In the past, we'd kept a PC in a corner of the office just for this
database, but we wanted to change things so users could access the
data from their own NeXTs at their desks.

Our solution -- which worked, hence this posting -- was to get OS/2
and its NFS-TCP/IP add-on and a ethernet card for the PC.  Since
IBM's OS/2 can emulate both DOS and Windows, as well as running in
normal mode as a real operating system, this had turned out to be
an inexpensive and robust solution to our problem.  I suspect it
may be a reasonable way of dealing with lots of other situations as
well, and most of us have a suitable machine sitting around or can
acquire one at little cost.
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Re: Use of DOS CD-ROMs through Networked OS/2

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Author: Scott Turner
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 06:49

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In article <1992Sep12.024601.24738@Happy-Man.com> irving@Happy-Man.com  
(Irving_Wolfe) writes:
|> Our solution -- which worked, hence this posting -- was to get OS/2
|> and its NFS-TCP/IP add-on and a ethernet card for the PC.  Since
|> IBM's OS/2 can emulate both DOS and Windows, as well as running in
|> normal mode as a real operating system, this had turned out to be
|> an inexpensive and robust solution to our problem.  I suspect it
|> may be a reasonable way of dealing with lots of other situations as
|> well, and most of us have a suitable machine sitting around or can
|> acquire one at little cost.
This may seem like a silly question but, what???

If you are using NFS to mount the CD-ROM from the OS/2 machine to a NeXT
machine, why couldn't you just mount the CD-ROM on a NeXT and then use 
SoftPC's "net use" command to create a drive letter for it? I do this with
several CD-ROM titles (and thanks to Netware under 3.0 I can even "net use"
CD-ROMs shared via SCSI Express on the Novell file server.)

If you were planning on running a program on the OS/2 machine to gain access
to the disc, then perhaps Desqview/X might work better. This would allow you
to run X on the NeXT to access graphical CD-ROM access software on the DOS
box. I haven't seen such a product for OS/2 (yet)...

Scotty

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