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From: jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Need info on Ethernet products for the IBM AT and Sun
Message-ID: <5503@potomac.ads.com>
Date: 18 May 88 19:55:17 GMT
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Arlington VA
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We would like to network our IBM AT to one of our Sun Microsystems
computers.  The ideal method is to just plug the AT into the Sun's
ethernet network using an add--on ethernet interface card.  Someone
recommended the Western Digital Ethercard for this purpose.

But what kind of software is available for the IBM AT that will let me
communicate with Suns?  We would like to do basic things like file
transfer, finger, telnet and maybe hardcopy on the Sun from the AT if
that can be done.

Recommendations?

Would TOPS for the AT provide anything that I need?  TOPS would have
to be run on the Sun I suppose and that's probably expensive.  Are
there hardware interfaces for the AT that will let me communicate with
Appletalk (well there must be since people do connect ATs to
Appletalk)?



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