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From: burrough@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (michael burroughs)
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Subject: Re: Can Anyone Suggest The Best LAN Solution?
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Date: 8 Oct 90 21:49:15 GMT
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If the SCO machine that you are using is going to be the backbone of the
LAN, I would suggest using a Lan Manager based local area network.  SCO
seems to have a seemless interface to Lan Manager and OS/2 LAN
environments.  I have to admit that my knowledge of this arangement is
textbook only.  I have an SCO system running on a network with Novell
LAN's.  Transferring files between the Novell LAN and the SCO system is
kludged together at best, requiring a second ethernet card and the DOS
emulation capabilities of SCO.  This solution is also fairly slow.  In
any case I would stay with a LAN solution that allowed you to stay with
ethernet connectivity.  If I were desgning the system I would use an
OS/2-DOS-SCO Unix solution.  Of course, these are my opionions and don't
reflect the opionions of my employer.

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