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- From: Peter Purgathofer <root@iguwnext.tuwien.ac.at>
- Subject: Re: NeXT as Mac server?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.161517.8992@email.tuwien.ac.at>
- X-Xxdate: Wed, 19 Aug 92 18: 15:21 GMT
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- Organization: Institute for design and assessment of technology
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:15:17 GMT
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- What we here at the Institute did, was quite easy (in terms of
- unix-admin)
-
- * we got ethernet cards for all the macs of the stuff.
- * we got a big, big HD (1GB) for the NeXT
- * we installed NFSshare on the Macs (actually on one till now, just
- to try)
- * we launched the nfspcd daemon on the NeXT
-
- Now (since 3 days) we are able to access the 1GB disk from the macs.
- It isnt even necessary to install yp on the unix-machine (which we
- thought we had to do. It was a mess)
-
- We then installed the apple router software on one of the
- ethernet-macs, and now even some (students) Appletalk-connected Macs
- are able to talk to the (ethernet) printer (oh yes, we had to buy
- EtherPrint, a AppelTalk-EtherTalk converter for our Eternetless
- LaserJet III).
-
- Everything works fine till now. The advantages are like this:
-
- We will be able to print from the NeXT.
- We can incorporate *ANY* Computer that has NFS Software available
- (Some PCs are waiting for this)
-
- Hope this helps,
-
- Peter Purgathofer
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- Institute for design and assessment of technology
- Dep. of Somputer Science / Technical Univ. /Vienna
- Moellwaldplatz 5/187 A-1040 Vienna/Austria
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