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From: rolfe@w3vh.UUCP (Rolfe Tessem)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Netnews to Appletalk?
Message-ID: <112@w3vh.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 10:38:01 EST
Article-I.D.: w3vh.112
Posted: Thu Nov 12 10:38:01 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 18:48:15 EST
References: <111@w3vh.UUCP> <16410@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Organization: W3VH Packet Radio Gateway, Great Barrington, MA
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Keywords: appletalk netnews
Summary: Re: Appletalk and UUCP/Netnews

In article <16410@topaz.rutgers.edu>, ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes:
> Internet is a little difficult for a random person, especially
> with such an underconfigured system as yours to get connected
> to for full news/mail.  Perhaps you'd like to try UUCP instead?
> 
> -Ron

In my original posting, I asked whether there was any reasonably feasible
way for my little network of 6-8 Macintoshes to connect to the net for
the purposes of exchanging news and mail.  Perhaps I shouldn't have used
the phrase "connected to the Internet."  That obviously has broader
implications than I'd intended to convey.  A UUCP connection to something
like UUNET would be fine, but my question remains: what can I add to
my little Appletalk network to make this work?  I'm aware of the Kinetics
products, but aren't they Appletalk/Ethernet gateway oriented?  Can I hang
a cheap UNIX box like a PC AT Clone on the network to do this?  I realize
that TOPS supports this kind of UNIX hardware on an Appletalk network, but
my understanding of TOPS is that it's essentially for file sharing and
transfer, and would be of no help in this kind of news/mail application.

Since I haven't purchased the hardware yet, going with Mac SEs and Ethernet
*is* a possibility, albeit an expensive one.  Appletalk would certainly
suffice from a performance standpoint in the environment I envision.

I'm really a novice at networking -- can anyone help?

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