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From: dag@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM (Daniel A. Graifer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: NFS vs. PC Interface w/ SCO ODT...
Message-ID: <531@fciva.FRANKLIN.COM>
Date: 14 Aug 90 16:45:43 GMT
References: <26576@usc.edu>
Reply-To: dag@fciva.UUCP (Daniel A. Graifer)
Organization: Franklin Mortgage Capital Corp., McLean, Va.
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In article <26576@usc.edu> rpinder@phad.hsc.usc.edu (Rich Pinder) writes:
>I am considering purchasing the SCO Open Desktop with Server upgrade. Can
>anyone help me understand the differences between the NFS Server, and the
>PC-Interface. [...] and which would require less ram usage on the pc?

We run PC-Interface here and like it.  The only disadvantage we've seen
so far is that some DOS software assumes that all PC-networks are Novell
networks;  They see PC-I, assume there is a Novell Network present, and
try to start up their network mode, and fail.  No way to disable this. The
programs that do this are all built around the DBFabs network database product.

Loading PCI and logging in to any number of servers appears to use 52,448
bytes.  I can't give you any numbers on PC-NFS.

Dan
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