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From: drew@cup.portal.com (Andrew E Wade)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Feedback on Ethernet cards & routers
Message-ID: <35969@cup.portal.com>
Date: 15 Nov 90 23:35:25 GMT
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Gatorbox is great!
Although our macs are on appletalk (phonenet) ... but should be same for
ethernet.  It does real-time translation of apple's filing protocol to/from
NFS (sun's standard network file system).  Result:  mac users see unix
files as icons, can double-click, drag 'em around, etc.  Can do automated
unattended backup to unix disks with retrospect.  Can share printers
(e.g., our framemakers users on unix printer to laserwriter on appletalk).
Can have transparent email to unix world (we use gatormail-q bridge and
quickmail for nice mac window interface).
Nice stuff!

-Drew Wade
drew@objy.com