From: wjk@Phonogenic.COM (Bill Keenan)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.misc
Subject: Re: DOS, OS/2, MAC mixed networks
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 17:13:01 PDT
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Reply-To: wjk@Phonogenic.COM (Bill Keenan)
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In article <17767@pitt.UUCP> (comp.dcom.lans.misc), jack@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu (john p. nelson) writes:
> 
> I am trying to get a 10BASE-T network set up for a small non-profit which
> can allow DOS and OS/2 and MAC pc's to share printers & files on a server
> (preferably UNIX based), and to have a SLIP or PPP link to a university site
> so that students and faculty can have access to the university network and
> the internet.  I suppose the SLIP could be across a fast modem link, but
> maybe ISDN will be able to handle it eventually(?).  The number of pc's
> is small (5-10) so it must be a reasonably low-cost solution.
> 
> Has anyone done such a network? Can you recommend any source (vendors,
> consultants, etc.) who would do it without blinking? Does anyone have real
> experience with DEC's Pathworks or other Lan Manager versions (NCR), in
> particular the MAC services?
> 
> Jack
> --
> John P. Nelson, M.D., U. of Pittsurgh, Dept of Psychiatry
> (412) 624-4802, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh PA 15213
> jack@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu
> 
Well, having been thinking about this basic configuration. Below is a
list of the components I would use:

Server
	o	33 MHz 386DX ISA upto a 33MHz 486DX2 EISA w/ localbus
	o	BusTek Ethernet card
	o	BusTek SCSI card
	o	a video card and monitor appropriate for a console
	o	16550 COM card
	o	FAS driver (source is in public domain)
	o	UDS Motorola DDS/MR1 CSU/DSU or a good V.32bis/V.42bis modem
	o	Interactive (from SunSelect) UNIX (w/ TCP/IP and NFS packages)
TCP/IP Printer Adapter from Microplex
Morning Star Technologies PPP package
Macs
	o	MacTCP 1.1.1 or later from Apple Computer
	o	NFS and lpd from Intercon
	o	Eudora from Steve Dorner at Qualcomm
	o	NewsWatcher from NorthWestern Univ. (????)
	o	check reviews for Ethernet cards
DOS, DOS/Windows, OS/2
	o	TCP/IP w/ NFS from Beame and Whiteside or FTP
	o	Eudora for DOS or Windows (in Beta now)
	o	I don't know what news reader I would use, perhaps other will comment
	o	NE-2100 compatible or Etherlink III __509 Ethernet cards

I would not bother with ISDN. A 56K ADM circuit is a good value in the
leased line area. Morning Star's PPP support on-demand connections, so
a good modem is usable as well.

I am sure other readers of this newsgroup can improve of refine this
suggestion, but it represents my thinking at this point-in-time.

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