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From: jabusch@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Jabusch)
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Subject: Re: Can Anyone Suggest The Best LAN Solution?
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Date: 10 Oct 90 19:06:23 GMT
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ma176f1@sdcc14.ucsd.edu (Sean Kelly) writes:

>IBM PC/XTs and upgrading to a Compaq SystemPro using SCO Unix.
>The problem is that with all this extra power, they want to take
>full advantage of it with a LAN.  The question is: Which one?

>What needs to be connected:
>		Compaq SystemPro (as backbone if you will)
>			using SCO Unix
>		VT100 or other terminals (Suggestions?)
>		C.Itoh & Epson Printers
>		HP LaserJet Series III
>		IBM PC/XTs as workstations.        
>		Compaq 286s as workstations.

>Dealers have suggested everything from EtherNet to Novell.  Since

One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet is NFS.  If SCO Xenix supports
NFS, you can get Sun's PC-NFS for the PC/XTs and Compaq 286s, and run
them as client workstations with it.  Sun's PC-NFS package provides most
of the same functionality of your typical Novell/3Com/Banyan networks,
plus is more smoothly integrated into the Unix environment you obviously
prefer.  It might be your best choice.  (Over Ethernet cabling, of course!)


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