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From: thorh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Thor Hallen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Windows 3.0 and Networking
Summary: Windows 3 - PC NFS incompatibility
Message-ID: <7610@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 4 Jun 90 13:09:28 GMT
References: <1990May28.233449.9148@chinet.chi.il.us> <6565@vax1.acs.udel.EDU>
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Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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In article <6565@vax1.acs.udel.EDU>, bill@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (William Tsai) writes:
> In article <1990May29.184718.15862@cbnewsl.att.com> bill@cbnewsl.att.com (william.clark) writes:
> >Has anyone tried any other networks (e.g. StarLAN, or MS's LAN Manager, etc.)??
> 
> Banyan Vines users need to install a new patch in order to gain network
> support.  It's stated in readme.txt.  We have ordered but haven't
> gotten it yet so I don't know how well it works.
> 
> -- 
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>         Bill Tsai        |  bill@vax1.udel.EDU       ..@freezer.it.udel.edu
>  University of Delaware  |    ..@sun.udel.EDU        ffo30260@udelvm.bitnet

PC NFS is incompatible and not supported by Windows 3. If you try to
access a network printer or drive your system will hang. Sun Microsystems
said they are working on an upgrade for Windows 3 compatibility that should
be available late this year. I have found a useful work-around that enables
use of network printers. Define your network printer as connected to an
OS2 port rather than a normal printer port .e.g LPT2.OS2 rather than LPT2:.
This tells Windows to send printer output directly to the printer port
without interpretation.

	Thor Hallen
	Tektronix, Inc.