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From: benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Integrating Apollo into Sun NFS
Message-ID: <2016@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jun 88 02:59:06 GMT
References: <8806141958.AA08619@richter.mit.edu>
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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in article <8806141958.AA08619@richter.mit.edu>, krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz) says:
> 
> Good question ... we never tried using executable files ... by the
...
> transfered from the PC to the server (Apollo, Sun, or whatever), unlike
> the DPCI software which will convert ascii files from the MS-DOS format
> (CR-LF at the end of each line) to the Apollo/Unix format (LF at the
> end of each line). If this is correct, then the PC should have no
> trouble storing executable files on the server.

We *ARE* currently using DPCI and that is probably motivating our
switch.  We are interesting in a general solution to the problem
rather than buy DPCI, UShare and 50 other solutions for other machines...
NFS fits nicely (or so we think) because it is a GENERAL solution...that
is virtually all machines have NFS (PC, Macs, Silicon Graphics, Suns, ...
even IBM :-0 ,...something like 200+ licenses to vendors exist).