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- From: cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler)
- Subject: Re: Do you need extended services for workstations??
- Sender: @watson.ibm.com
- Message-ID: <1992Sep02.164227.23523@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 16:42:27 GMT
- News-Software: IBM OS/2 PM RN (NR/2) v0.11 by O. Vishnepolsky and R. Rogers
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- Reply-To: cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler)
- References: <168567307.IANR009@UNLVM.UNL.EDU>
- Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research
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- In <168567307.IANR009@UNLVM.UNL.EDU> IANR009@UNLVM.UNL.EDU (D. Kirk Darnell) writes:
- > We've got an IBM token ring setup with Lan Server 2.0 running on an os/2 2.0
- > machine. The workstations are currently set up as DOS requestors. If we
- > switch to OS/2 workstations do we need to have the extended services or is
- > the OS/2 requestor sufficient for basic networking? I don't want the comm
- > manager (no need to talk to 3270) or the database manager. This is a
- > significant point becuase of the cost of ES (roughly $400).
- >
-
- This is one of the bigger reasons why IBM split ES and LS (when it used to
- be just Extended Edition). You do NOT need ES for LAN Server-only access.
- Only if you want host connect, ASCII terminal emulation via CM, or database
- will you need ES.
-
- --
- Cliff Nadler (cnadler@vnet.ibm.com)
- IBM Federal Systems Company - TEAM OS/2
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- Disclaimer: This post represents the views of the poster, not IBM Corporation.
-