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From: paulr@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Paul Raulerson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Apppletalk/Laserwriters/Dos
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Date: 1 Aug 90 15:45:01 GMT
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Yeah- if you have a Sun sitting out there, you can hang a Laserwriter off of
it, bring up TOPS on the Dos, Mac, and Sun, and your in business.  It will
all work.  Conversely, you can use a PC as a "bridge", albeit not a very smart
one between Appletalk and Ethernets.   

It seems clumsy compared to an all TCP/IP based network, butit works.
Heck- you can can even use PC-NFS and TOPS to mount a UNIX disk on a
Mac that way, as well as sharing printers.  

Be prepared to struggle a bit with it though.  
Paul

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