🚀 go-pugleaf

Michael Alexander wrote:
> 
> In article <326108E9.3A82@worldnet.att.net>, Karen Chiu
> <chiu-scharf@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> I went through the ordeal of hooking up a peer-to-peer Win95 network using
> so-called plug and play ethernet cards. To make a long story short, it took
> me close to 10 solid days to finally get it all to work. The problem turned
> out the the plug and play cards were configuring themselves incorrectly. 

Yeah, the first thing I do with PnP network cards and modems is to turn off
the PnP. I don't like what they configure themselves to, and I don't want
to risk that when something else is removed from the system, that they'll 
all change themselves to use the resources that were released.

> I spent countless of hours taking the cards out, reinstalling them,
> reinstalling the software, checking, double checking and triple checking
> the networking Win95 configuration. A real pain the in butt. Conversely,  I
> set up a Mac ethernet with five Macs in under 15 minutes a couple of days
> later.

I agree, a network of ONLY Macs is very easy to set up. The real problem is
how poorly Macs network with non-Macs, though Apple has finally realized the
problem, and will offer Windows NT for some of their systems next year. This
may sound like heresey, but it's the only way to get back into the corporate
marketplace.

I've found NT to be extremely stable, as is Windows '95 OSR2 (not yet released
for retail sale). OSR2 is also much faster.