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From: cathy@canisius.UUCP (Cathy Bacon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Networking Macintoshes
Keywords: network macintosh
Message-ID: <2413@canisius.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 89 19:20:25 GMT
Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo N.Y. 14208
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We are considering several alternatives for networking 35 Mac IIcx's, 25 of
which will be in a teaching lab.  We will also have about 75 IBMs running
on Novell v2.15 on a PS/Model 80 server.  Considering -

1.  Putting ethernet cards in the Macs and connecting them to the Novell 
    server.

2.  Phonenet or localtalk cabling and a gateway to connect to the Novell 
    server.

3.  Phonenet or localtalk cabling and a MacIIcx server .  Gateway to Novell.

If you have experience with these types of systems, especially in a 
classroom situation, I would appreciate hearing from you.  We are concerned
about 25 copies of PageMaker or Word starting at once - 
hohow long will this take?
We are also concerned in general.  

Please send replies to me directly.  If there is enough interest, I will
post a summary.  

Cathy Bacon 
Canisius College