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From: wewst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (William E Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Networking with a Null Modem
Keywords: PC Null modem
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Date: 21 Jan 91 18:09:10 GMT
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Reply-To: wewst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (William E Williams)
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	Yep, there is such an item.  Information Modes, P.O. Drawer F,
Dention, TX 76202 sells a product called "The $25 Network" for $25 American
dollars.  I allows file sharing between nodes, no dedicated server is nessary.
It runs over the serial ports via a null modem.  It does all the things that
you would expect a net to do including e-mail.  The only limits are no record 
locking or netbios support.  There is an implied limit in the number of 
machines you can attach, although there is no limit, performance drops with
more than 3.  
	I picked this up to allow my roomate to use my HD since his machine 
has only floppies.  I would give you a report on it real use, but he has not
brought his machine from home yet.


					Ted
					Network Admin of Ted's Excellent Network

P.S.
	For orders: 800-628-7992
	For info: 817-387-3339