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From: ijlustig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Irvin Lustig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Info Needed - Joining Macs to PC-NFS Sun System
Summary: The GatorBox does work!!!
Message-ID: <4877@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 14 Dec 88 15:21:16 GMT
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Reply-To: ijlustig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Irvin Lustig)
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In article <6053@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:

>>For a specifically Mac to NFS solution, examine the "Gator Box" from
>>Cayman Systems (617/494-1999). It's a hardware protocol converter between
>>AppleTalk and NFS, and requires no software to be installed on the PC/NFS
>>side. See also the MacWeek supplement on gateways in the Nov. 15 issue.
>
>It sure doesn't; neither does TOPS.  Also, the reports from the field are
>that it doesn't work.  
>
>Those who have used it express great optimism but concur that it does not
>work as presently available.  Wait for new versions and revised reports
>from real users before buying or endorsing the GatorBox.
>-- 
>Tim Maroney, Consultant, Eclectic Software, sun!hoptoad!tim
>"Americans will buy anything, as long as it doesn't cross the thin line

What do you mean by "does not work as presently available."
This is a note to state that the GatorBox DOES work.  There are some minor
bugs, depending mostly on which type of Unix box you're running NFS on.  Cayman
hasn't checked it with all NFS implementations and knows of certain bugs
on certain implementations.  But the problems we have found are minor when
you consider the extra power that is made available by having the box.

	-Irv Lustig
	Assistant Professor
	Dept. of Civil Engineering and Operations Research
	Princeton University
	irv%basie@princeton.edu