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From: breu@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Michael Breu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Macintosh <-> Unix connections
Message-ID: <512@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de>
Date: 19 Jun 89 14:47:08 GMT
Reply-To: breu@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de (Michael Breu)
Organization: University of Passau, W-Germany
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Hello Netlanders!

We are planning to connect our Macintoshes (with Mac-OS) and our
Unix-Workstations tighter than just by simple kermit file transfer.  To
get a good basis for a decision, we would like to hear experiences from
other sites, that have already connected Macs and Unix-Systems.

Our final goal is to connect our Macintoshes to Unix-machines, so that
we can do local and external email, rlogin, fileserving, remote back
up, and perhaps use them as X-window server with the Exodus package.

We are interested in answers for the following questions:

- Which connection between Appletalk and ethernet do you use? Do you
  have experience with fastpath and/or gator box (for german readers:
  are dealers in West Germany for the gator box?)

- Is the throughput of apple talk sufficient for this connections or is
  one ethernet card per Mac preferable?

- Which software packages do you use?
  Where can one get it?
  How much does it cost?
  (Is service for it available in W-Germany? As far as I
  know Helios offers AppleShare server software for suns and sonys)

Thank you

Michael Breu (breu@unipas.fmi.uni-passau.de)