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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Networking two Macintoshes: what do I need?
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Date: 17 Jan 91 04:57:25 GMT
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In article <19076@shlump.nac.dec.com>, long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
> 
> 
>  I'd like to network a IIci and an SE. They are in close proximity to each
>  other.
> 
>  Appletalk is fine, as high transmission speeds are not a priority, and I'd
>  like to trade off hassle vs. cost. I know, for example, I could tie the two
>  together with a serial line and use Kermit to transfer files, but I'd prefer
>  a method that would let me mount a folder(s) from one machine on the other
>  (preferably two-way--i.e. a folder from the ci mounted on the SE and vice
>  versa at the same time). Security is not important.
> 
>  What products do I need to accomplish this? I know there's a shareware thingy
>  called Public Folder--will this do what I need? How about hardware to connect
>  the two machines? What are these PhoneNet things?

If you want to mount the other machine's disk you can use TOPS.  It
works pretty well, but consumes a fair amount of resources on the
machines it runs on (both CPU time and Memory).

Public Folder was written for your situation, I had two machines on
my desk and they couldn't exchange files - so I wrote Public Folder
to do that.  It *doesn't* provide volume mounting, what it does provide
is a way to easily transfer files from one machine to another (if
you use Unix, think of it as FTP for the Mac (sort of)).

You designate a file on your machine as the Public Folder and any files
or folders placed there are available to others on the net.

-- michael peirce, author of Public Folder in a previous life...


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