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From: psyeoh@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Lam Yeoh)
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Subject: Any experience w/ Win3 and PC-NFS?
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Date: 8 Nov 90 21:18:02 GMT
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I'm thinking of setting up a network using a Sun as a server for a group
of PC's on ethernet.

Does somebody have any experience doing something similar to this?
What problems have you run into?  Is it a good way to go?  Should I
consider using a Novell server instead?

Would it be more cost effective to buy a 386 or 486 and run Xenix/Unix
on it instead of buying a Sun?

I'm leaning towards a Unix type machine because I'd like email and uucp
as well as ftp services.

Thanks for any info.  Please mail and I'll summarize. 

Stephen Yeoh                                    psyeoh@ubvmsd.bitnet
State University of New York at Buffalo         psyeoh@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu