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From: cayz@UDEL.EDU (James Cayz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: PC's on AppleTalk...
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Date: Sat, 7-Nov-87 02:59:24 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov  7 02:59:24 1987
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All,

	I have a problem that I would like some input on from y'all out there
who may have already done this...

	I have the following up and running now:

	TCP/IP LAN consisting of 3 PC's and a DELNI, under DOS and MIT
		software, 3Com boards.  1 PC is a tftp print server now.

	AppleTalk Net, with AppleShare software, 4 Macs, and a LaserWriter.
	
	University Mainframes on standard Ethernet running TCP/IP, but no net
		connections into building...

	The campus is maybe(?) connecting remote buildings via Proteon boxes,
so I figure that is how I would get the Ethernet from the PC's to the 
mainframes.  No problem there... Or is there????

	Problem is Ethernet to Appletalk (Appleshare (does this make a
difference?))...  Yes, I know - "Kinetics box and choice of software".
Logical.  But people want to print stuff on the LaserWriter from the PCs... And
I am not that knowledgeable about the current state-of-the-art in Ethernet to
Appletalk gateways, so I have some questions:

	Questions...  (Fill in XYZZY with soft/hardware of choice)
	0. Does the Kinetics/XYZZY system work with AppleShare?
	1. Does the Kinetics/XYZZY system allow printing from Ethernet to 
		AppleTalk?  
	2. Is there a straightforward conversion program if Kinetics/XYZZY does 
		not do this (Text->PostScript)?

	3. What is the AppleTalk PC board, what does it allow me to do, and are
		there better products of same type on the market? 
	4. I have a "useless" PC - Can I use this as a gateway if it had both 
		3Com and AppleTalk PC boards in it (this software available?)?
		(This PC is currently the tftp print spooler)

	Any other comments / suggestions about my problem and solutions are
welcome, including flames (I can hit "rmm" pretty fast!).  And I would rather
have a lot of mail than none at all!!

	I know that this may generate a lot of responses, so PLEASE REPLY
DIRECTLY TO ME (either by my .sig, or via the path in the header), and I will
summarize what I got, and the decision (when it is made).

					Thanx Greatly in Advance,
					James

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