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From: cclloyd@leland.Stanford.EDU (Charles Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: PC as file server or archive device
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.201924.1685@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 12 Jun 91 20:19:24 GMT
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I am in the process of buying a NeXT and currently own a DOS PC
with a 300 Meg tape backup (from Core for $250, new).  Is there
any way to hook the NeXT to my PC and use the PC as an archiving
device?  (Please comment on both hardware and software requirements.)

What about buying a large hard disk for my PC and using it as a
file server for the NeXT (single user).  I'm asking these questions
because I wouldn't mind utilizing my boat-anchor PC and because
PC peripherals are soooo cheap compared to NeXT stuff.  (Most used
NeXT's out there have less than my minimum hard disk requirements.)