Re: Best solution for linking Mac to Windows network

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From: Paul Durrant
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:00

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In article <B2D603B8966844F2B@195.173.76.4>,
ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk (Ben Lovejoy) wrote:

> I need to fool a Windows network into thinking that a G3 is actually a PC.
> 
> I'm assuming that the way to go is to install SoftWindows on the G3 and
> then whatever PC software, config files, etc, that I need. Will this work?
> Are there any complications I need to know about?
> 
> Also, the latest SoftWindows I've seen advertised is 5.0 which comes with
> Windows-95 - is there a version yet for Windows-98? Or can I load
> Windows-98 if I have SoftWindows installed?

Virtual PC will allow you to install Windows 98, or indeed Windows NT if
you prefer. But I think DAVE 2 from Thursby Software
<http://www.thursby.com/> is what you need. It lets MacOS talk the Windows
printer/file sharing protocols.

Paul Durrant

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