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From: cosmos@druhi.ATT.COM (Ronald A. Guest)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Need info on Shiva net devices.
Summary: Work fine
Message-ID: <3284@druhi.ATT.COM>
Date: 28 Jul 88 21:20:22 GMT
References: <650040@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU>
Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO
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> may have regarding Shiva Corp.'s NetModems and NetSerial devices?
We are using two NetSerials to provide remote access to our Appletalk
network.  The remote access is used to both print to a Laserwriter and to
transfer files using TOPS.  Everything is completely functional.  Printing
is fairly quick, but file transfer is a little slow (we're running at 2400
baud).  It has worked fine under all OS releases, including 6.0.  The only
reservation I have is that it is not easy to turn it's use on or off on your
mac.  I.e. you have to turn on Appletalk on your machine and change network
configuration from the Control Panel.  To go back to a local printing mode,
you have to turn off Appletalk, re-select the imagewriter driver, re-select
the printer port for printing instead of the modem port, and close down the
network.  If you aren't going to have to change back and forth, I would
recommend it without hesitation.  We have transferred files up to ~500K
bytes (slowly) without error.  

Ronald A. Guest, Supervisor     ...!ihnp4!druhi!cosmos
AT&T Bell Laboratories          <--- but these are my thoughts, not theirs
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