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From: alan@metasoft.UUCP (Alan Epstein)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: telnet for ibm pc over appletalk?
Message-ID: <328@metasoft.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jan 88 18:12:59 GMT
Organization: Meta Software Corporation, Cambridge MA
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there seem to exist solutions for connecting ibm-pc's to a
UNIX style machine via ethernet and telnet (NCSA's software
marvel).

however, due to certain constraints, we'd like to connect some
ibm-pc's to our SUN via our existing appletalk network, which
includes many macs, pc's and a kinetics box (for the appletalk
to ethernet interface). the pc's and macs currently talk to each
other via TOPS, and the macs talk to the sun via telnet.

questions:
1-	can the ibm-pc's be interfaced to the SUN via appletalk
	using the existing TOPS card?
2-	is TOPS/SUN required?
3-	can telnet for the pc be used, or is there other software
	which might be able to handle all this?

please e-mail responses (to avoid traffic overflow). i'll
post summary.

thanks.

-alan@metasoft.uucp			[uunet!metasoft!uucp]