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From: dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us (Dan Hartung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: how to link Macs into a PC-network (Novell)?
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.074835.14166@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 28 Mar 91 07:48:35 GMT
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werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) writes:
>
>
>	Given an existing network of IBM-PCs linked with a Novell
>	network, and given that someone want's to buy some (low-end)
>	Macintoshes and link them up into this existing network, what
>	are the options, alternatives, best way to go about this?

Novell has a special version of its software called Netware for Macintosh.
It allows a Mac to plug right into an EtherNet system (uh, I think you DO
need to have card slots for the net cards) and act just like a PC terminal
would.  However it could not of course run, say, WordPerfect from the
network.

If you have a dBase III+ database running, convert to FoxPro/LAN and install
FoxBase+/Mac on the Apples and you can share the database.


>
>	Given that you don't care to learn too many of the details
>	yourself but want to help find the answers anyway, where has
>	this topic been written up?  
>	(articles in trade rags, sales brouchures, what have you.....)
>
>	Any hints and pointers appreciated.
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