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From: neal@mnopltd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Zero Slot LANs query
Message-ID: <109@mnopltd.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 90 02:32:11 GMT
Reply-To: gatech!stiatl!mnopltd!neal
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->Status: RO
->psfales@cbnewsc.att.com (Peter Fales) writes:
->
->>In article <3860002@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>, limhl@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Lim Hui Lin) writes:
->>> 
->>> Can anyone make a recommendation for one of the zero slot LAN s/w
->>> packages?  I am considering using one of these in place of buying
->>> an external drive for a Toshiba T1000XE.
->
->>I have become a big fan of "The $25 Network."  I use it frequently 
->>between my laptop and desk machines.   It works well, doesn't take
->>up much memory space, and doesn't cause any problems even when the
->>network is not in use, or the cable is disconnected.
->
->I'm a big fan too.  It lives in 10K, runs flawlessly at 115K bps, lets
->you share printers as well as disks.
->
->Before buying it (it is *not* free, as someone else erroneously
->posted), I tried EasyLan, LanLink, QLAN, and Brooklyn Bridge in a
->DESQView window.  All were atrocious: huge, unreliable, and prone to
->hang both machines at once.  The $25 Network is in another class
->entirely.

I think I know the answer, but does this (or anything else anyone has heard
of)  allow a laptop access to another PC running Xenix?  Even for printer
sharing and occasional ftp type usage? 

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