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- From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
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- Date: 27 Jul 92 22:29:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.154019.2309@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Sang J. Moon) writes:
-
- > The point I am making is that the installation is a one-time deal on
- > a PC, and that overall, the time spent on either machine "fiddling" is
- > the same.
- >
- > Example:
- > We have a center-wide mail system called Goddard mail which is archaic,
- > but it has a huge user base. One of the things I do is connect macs and
- > PCs to this mail system.
- >
- > Connecting a Mac to the Goddard mail system via the ROLM network:
- > 1. Connect the cable from the modem port to the ROLM phone.
- > 2. Install White Knight.
- > 3. Configure White Knight with proper communications parameters and to
- > capture text as a MSWD file.
- > 4. Create a White Knight procedure to log into Goddard mail.
- > 5. Configure Microsoft Word so that the default font is nonproportional.
- > 6. Train the user to use Goddard mail with White Knight and Word.
- >
- > Connecting a PC to the Goddard mail system via the ROLM network:
- > 1. Connect the cable from the serial port to the ROLM phone.
- > 2. Install Smartcom.
- > 3. Configure Smartcom with proper communications parameters.
- > 4. Create a Smartcom macro to log into Goddard mail.
- > 5. Train the user to Goddard mail with Smartcom and WordPerfect.
- >
- > We're not doing anything too fancy, and so far there are no significant
- > difference in time supporting PCs and macs. Of I still get my share of
- > simple questions for wither machine.
-
- OK, so configuring a Mac or a PC to work with an archaic mail system is
- about the same--you have to use a telecom program to do it. This is a
- worst-case example for the Mac, because you are fitting it to an external
- telecomm system. How about describing what it takes to install Pagemaker,
- for example, on both machines?
-