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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:44:30 -0500
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- From: "Joel Cohen@Computer Center" <COHEN@CANISIUS.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Networking PC, Mac and Unix
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- >
- >>1 Use an optical server that is compatible with Novell. Install the
- >>Macintosh and NFS gateway modules on a Novell server. My hope is that
- >>any CDs on the optical server would appear as part of the Novell server
- >>filestore so that PCs could access PC CDs using Novell file sharing,
- >>Macintoshes could access Apple CDs using system 7 file sharing, Unix
- >>workstations could access suitable CDs using NFS.
- >
- >This solution currently exists with SCSI Express for NetWare from Micro
- >Design.
- >Besides DOS, MAC,, and UNIX CD-ROM clients you can also have OS/2 users
- >access the CD-ROMS on the Novell Fileserver. For more information check
- >out the January 11, 1993 issue of LAN TIMES.
- >
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- Assuming the information can be read from the different operating
- systems, what about the search software which is going to do it? Is it
- available separately from the database products for major publishers
- such as Grolliers, Silver Platter, Wilson, etc?
-