Re: small network, How?

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From: Donald R. Oddy
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 00:00

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In article <30c18a8d.2312617@news.demon.co.uk>
           JULIAN@RETFORD.DEMON.CO.UK "Julian Ford" writes:

>I have successfully networked two PCs using Windows 3.11 and two
>ethernet cards. My cards only had BNC connectors. I presume the 15 pin
>connectors allow you to connect an external driver for use with
>optical fibre rather than coax.
>
>Be warned not to try this if you only have 4Meg of RAM the machine
>will grind to a halt. 8 Meg is a minimum for networking.

There is no reason for WfW to grind to a halt when using only 4Mb.
I use it quite happily for file and printer sharing. Of course a lot
of mainstream applications won't even run in 4Mb these days.

-- 
Donald Oddy
Grove Systems Ltd.                                    0161-224 4465

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