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From: pgil@sphinx.uchicago.edu (paul  gilna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac
Subject: TOPS info
Message-ID: <3150@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
Date: 20 Jan 88 17:28:02 GMT
Organization: U. Chicago Computation Center
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Keywords: SUN,PC and Mac TOPS over appletalk/Ethertalk


	hello
 	I would be interested to hear of anyone's experience
	of using SUN TOPS. We are trying to configure a LAN
	using a SUN 3/60 as a server to a mix of PC's and
	Macs. Although we plan to wire with both thin wire
	ethernet and PhoneNet (using a Kinetics FastPath to
	bridge the two nets), we are interested in having a
	universal protocol running over ethernet that would
	integrate PC's and ethernet capable Macs. so;

	1. Is anyone using TOPS and EtherTalk 
	2. How close is TOPS to using a PC 3Com board or similar.
	3. What are the physical cable limitations for
	   Ethertalk/thin wire.
	4. Is there a way to spool to a printer off the SUN
	   from either apple- or Ethertalk.
	5. Is there an alternative to TOPS other than micro 
	   versions of TCP/IP or NFS, that can (or will in the
	   future) integrate SUN UNIX, PC and Mac in a "seamless"
	   (lord do I hate that word) fashion.

	Much Thanks,			paul gilna.
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