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From: jbvb@ftp.COM (James Van Bokkelen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Networking PCs, Macs, and Unix - what software?
Summary: There are several DOS NFSs and X-Windows servers.
Message-ID: <721@ftp.COM>
Date: 19 Sep 89 18:26:28 GMT
References: <27212@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
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In article <27212@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, korfhage@kona.cs.ucla.edu writes:
> ...(I need) software that would allow that XTs to do:
> 
> use the unix machine as a file server (NFS)
> email via the unix machine
> run X Windows
> share a printer that may be hung off a unix machine or on an appletalk 
>    network (if the later, we would have some sort of ethernet-appletalk bridge).

I know of 3 DOS NFS client implementations: Sun's PC/NFS, our Interdrive (an
add-on to our PC/TCP package) and Beame & Whiteside's (which I think is also
re-sold by Excelan).

Both PC/NFS and PC/TCP include mail functionality: Sun's uses POP to retrieve
mail from a central server, we provide an SMTP server.  Both include SMTP
clients to send mail, and mail readers.

I know of 3 DOS X-windows servers also: Locus Computing's PC/Xsight (which is
re-sold by IBM, among others), Graphic Software System's (which runs on top
of our PC/TCP kernel) and HP's AX/DS (also runs on our kernel).

PC/NFS provides print redirection, but the protocol they use to send the
files is one they developed.  We provide a DOS version of the Unix "lpr"
command.  Either works fine to a Unix box, both wuill require some
intermediate code to reach an Appletalk network.
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