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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: No network object, but there should be..
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.015114.10663@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Aug21.102306.2302@donau.et.tudelft.nl> <442@casemo.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 01:51:14 GMT
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- In article <442@casemo.UUCP> keating@casemo.UUCP (John Keating ) writes:
- >> I was just reading through the manuals and found a passage saying
- >> that if your computer is connected to a network, a network object
- >> is put on your desktop. Now the computer I installed on is connected
- >> to a LAN through a IBM Token Ring card, but I did not get the object.
- >> Is there a way to install this afterwards, and why wasn't it straight
- >> off? The machine is an IBM PS/2 model 56 SX by the way.
- >I (and a co-worker) have the same problem as Erik. We have 3Com Etherlink
- >Cards (Mine is an MC, and his is a II (Which Works, Thanks To All!)), plus
- >we are running FTP's PC/TCP 1.2. The PC/TCP allows us to use the network,
- >but how do we play chess? :^)
-
- The network software has to support the placement of network drive
- objects. I believe both PC/TCP and IBM's TCP/IP do not, at present,
- support this feature, but both developers, I'm sure, are racing toward
- an update.
-
- The Novell NetWare Requester does support network drive objects (very
- Mac like, for lack of a better comparison), for example.
-
- As for PMChess (the game that ships with OS/2), a LAN Server network
- is apparently needed. If you are so fortunate you can also try
- Yahtzee across the network -- see ftp-os2.nmsu.edu via anonymous ftp
- for that network game. Of course, don't plan on getting any work
- done. :-)
-
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