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From: system@coriolis.UUCP (michael hamilton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: multiple PCs with a common disk
Message-ID: <230Tq3w163w@coriolis.UUCP>
Date: 10 Oct 90 18:48:12 GMT
Organization: Albedo Communications
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    This question is more of an alt.hardware thing, but my problem is 
this:  I need to have several PCs that can all interface to one common 
disk.  I want to have each one on a separate phone line, but all able to 
access the same information.  Short of configuring a LAN (and buying 
ethernet cards for all the PCs) is there a simple way to do this, with 
existing software?  I've heard of small LAN packages that use the 
parallel ports on PCs to connect to one another...do these work?  I 
understand they are limited to 2 nodes.
    Thanks in advance... mail works best, but I'll be checking posts 
also.
      mike


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michael hamilton
usc ocean physics
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