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From: ems@apple.UUCP (Mike Smith)
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Subject: Re: IBM-PC <-> VAX <-> MAC network?
Message-ID: <270@apple.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 13:13:15 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  5 13:13:15 1986
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In article <2047@dalcs.UUCP> lane@dalcs.UUCP writes:
>Our company (and those who work for it) has/have a number of PC-clones,
>a few Mac's, and assorted others (Apple //c and Apple ///'s).  There is
>talk of getting a uVAX or similar mini.  Question... Is there a local-
>area-network product that will allow all of these machines (especially
>the PC's and Mac's) to be connected in some reasonable fashion, preferrably
>using the VAX as a file server?  
>
I don't have a very good answer, but in networking problems it is often
the case that any answer is better than none ...  :-( ...

We have a collection of Macs networked to a couple of VAXen 
by way of Kinetics (sp?) boxs.  The Macs are on appletalk and the Kenitics
box bridges the appletalk to ethernet.  I have also seen demonstrated an
appletalk connection into IBM style PC's.  I don't know if the two 
uses of appletalk would be compatible or not; but it might be a start.

-- 

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