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From: m-liu@flims.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Request for Opinions on PC Networks (clarification)
Message-ID: <4415@columbia.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Mar-87 20:38:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  3 20:38:04 1987
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Reply-To: m-liu@flims.columbia.edu (Micky Liu)
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I recently posted a request for opinions from people that have had some
experience in bringing up any kind of network of PC's.  I guess that from
the wording of my request, I did not make it clear to the audience that
my lan will only be supporting PC's at this time.  I have received many
replies suggesting products from Sun to connect my PC's to some Unix box
acting as a file-server.  So let me make it clear now:

     I need information about connecting PC's to other PC's with facilities
     for sharing disks, printers, modems(?), and any other peripheral device
     that you can think of.  I would like the file system to be as transparent
     to the user as possible.  For the average user, he would see his PC as
     a standalone machine...

I would also like to ask at this time, that those of you who recently sent mail
to ...seismo!columbia!mammoth!m-liu to please resend it to the UUCP address
posted below.  We have been having some disk problems and I lost two notes
already.  If at all possible please reply to my ARPA address.  The reply that
I wanted most, that was lost, said something about Ungermann-Bass.  Would you
please resend to the new addresses.  Thanking you all in advance!


Micky Liu

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