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From: anderson@dogie.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT <-> PC interconnect
Keywords: ethernet, IBM PC
Message-ID: <1991Apr16.024231.26684@macc.wisc.edu>
Date: 16 Apr 91 02:42:31 GMT
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In article <1991Apr15.224329.19155@amc.com> kenb@polaris.amc.com () writes:

>How do I get an interpersonal relationship between my IBM AT and my NeXT box 
>going?   All I want to be able to do is to easily share files (printer's and 
>other stuff is not that important).  I called NeXT and was told of a $1800 
>and a $3000 solution, not quite what I had in mind.  I said I was looking 
>for a $500 to $1000 solution and the guy from NeXT recomended I call IBM for 
>help (I tried not to laugh).  So, has anyone out there connected up a IBM AT 
>and a NeXT? 

I have a (so far) $200 solution: a Western Digital Ethercard
Plus (16-bit, thin wire) and ten feet of thin wire.  Using NCSA
packet drivers and version 2.3beta15, I can telnet to the NeXT
from the AT and ftp in both directions.  So far, it's just a little
LAN consisting of the two machines.  Still to be tried is PC NFS
(or something) to share file systems.  Still to be tried is SLIP
to connect to the office (I'm real interested in TeleConnect in
that [ha ha] connection).  The ultimate goal is that my little
LAN will join the Internet, und zen za vorld! :-)

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