NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/apps/7355

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From: [e-mail] (Fromut Fritze)
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 10:54:16 GMT
Subject: Re: Little-BigLan?
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> Does anyone have any information about a program called Little-BigLan,
> by a company called IModes?  It is supposed to allow file-sharing over
> a serial or parallel port.  That's all I know.

I use it at home to connect a PC and a Notebook. In germany it's known as
Kirschbaum Netz. It is said to allow up to 255 PCs connected by either
ARCNET, parallel or serial cable by a topology containing no mashes. It
redericts requests from one port to another on the same machine (if
necessary) according to routing info contained in a configuration file.
It allows redirection of printers in addition to share discs. It's a
peer to peer network, based on DOS device drivers and TSR, not too big
(I think it was about 30kbyte), runs under windows and comes with a
serial and a parallel cable. Only one licence per network needed.
Hope this answers your question - I'm by no means affliated with the
company.

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