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From: sysop@stech.UUCP (Jan Harrington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Info. Request re. Mac<>PC LAN
Message-ID: <258@stech.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 17:38:36 EST
Article-I.D.: stech.258
Posted: Thu Nov 19 17:38:36 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Nov-87 08:37:50 EST
References: <1447@ttidca.TTI.COM>
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Organization: Scholastech, Inc., Waltham, Mass.
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in article <1447@ttidca.TTI.COM>, jackson@ttidca.TTI.COM (Dick Jackson) says:
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> I have been ordered to find ways to interconnect Macs with IBM PCs via
> a LAN. I would appreciate information re. hardware and s/w available to
> do this. The only thing I have heard of to-date is PC MacBridge, but I
> don't know anything about it.
> Thanks in advance,

There are now a number of ways to connect Macs and PCs.  One of the simplest
and least expensive is TOPS, which doesn't require a dedicated file server.
TOPS is similar in cost to PC-Mac Bridge, but personally I think it is easier
to use.  TOPS is best suited to small networks, since its use of a 
distributed server slows things down a bit.

Appleshare is Apple's answer to the connectivity program.  There is (or soon
will be) an Appletalk PC card.  Appleshare requires a dedicated file server.

The more sophisticated systems include a system by Kinetics that links
Ethernet to Appletalk.  In fact, other than PC-Mac Bridge, TOPS, and 
Appleshare, which are completely Appletalk, you will find that what you're
looking at is ways to connect Macs on Appletalk to another type of LAN
through some sort of converted.

Hope this gets you started in your search.


Jan Harrington, sysop
Scholastech Telecommunications
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