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From: rht@smsdpg.uu.net (Randy Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Info Needed - Joining Macs to PC-NFS Sun System
Message-ID: <134@smsdpg.uu.net>
Date: 14 Dec 88 16:22:02 GMT
References: <6053@hoptoad.uucp>
Organization: SMS Data Products Group, Reston VA
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From article <6053@hoptoad.uucp>, by tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney):
> In article <492@dbase.UUCP> cy@dbase.UUCP (Cy Shuster) 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.  When a representative of Cayman, who also worked on
> the disastrous HyperNet project, wrote me to discuss it, he made an amazing
> number of obvious technical errors; when I pointed this out, he got huffy
> and refused to speak to me any more.  So don't hold your breath waiting for
> this solution to be real.
> 
I have to come to Caymans defense on this one. I currently have a GatorBox 
using revision 1.14 of the software and so far it seems to work pretty well.
As a matter of fact, I am currently writing to you from a Mac connected 
via AppleTalk to a GatorBox sitting on an Ethernet backbone along with our
Sun. The telnet application (NCSA Telnet 2.2) is being executed from the
Suns hard drive.

I wont say that there are not some minor application incompatabilities,
but when I have had problems, Cayman technical support has been _very_
responsive.

By and large, the system appears to perform very well and I would 
reccommend that people needing this type of connectivity investigate
this product.

	Disclamer: I have no relationship with Cayman Systems other than 
		   that of a satisfied customer :^}. 

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