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Subject: Network Virtual Disk Query
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Date: Tue, 11-Oct-83 22:49:51 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 11 22:49:51 1983
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From:  Paul McNabb <pam@Purdue.ARPA>

I have been given $20K to purchase 3 IBM PCs.  This money must cover
all equipment, software, maintenance, etc.  After talking around I
have found that people wouldn't really mind having shared resources
(e.g. hard disk) so I have been mulling over the idea of some sort of
network where I don't have to buy 3 hard disks (large databases are
part of the project).

My questions are:

1) Are there any reliable networking boards available now for the PC
and what are their costs?  Are they easy to install?  Do they require
a lot of modifications to the OS (I get to pick that too).

2) If we buy canned software are there any legal problems with running
on three different machines or making copies of the software for
internal use?

3) Many of the uses may be intelligent non-hackers.  Is this going to
be a pain for them to use or do these networks take a long time and
lots of practice to learn how to use?

Thanks.
Paul McNabb (pam@purdue)