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From: tyen@cs.utexas.edu (caffeine_fiend)
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Subject: Need reference suggestions...
Summary: Reference books on remote printers/systems
Keywords: remote printer, remote system, modem
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Date: 23 Aug 90 00:44:40 GMT
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This may be an arcane question, so I am just soliciting pointers to
reference sources that may help me in this situation.

I have a Motorola Unix box sitting in one office, with a couple of
modem ports hanging off of it.  There is a terminal far, far away with
a modem dangling from it.  Dial-up, play with Unix---no problem.
However, I am stumped as to how to connect a printer at the remote
terminal site, so that it appears as just another /dev, and behaves
accordingly.

In a related vein, I am wondering if it is possible to hook up two
geographically disparate systems together---kind of like an NFS mount
over the phone line.  I really doubt that this is possible, which is
why I am so cluelesps with respect to the first problem.  I am looking
for any solution that works, and if it requires additional hardware or
software, so be it.

I hope this makes sense; my only Unix experience has been on Suns thus
far, and this is completely new to me.

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