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From: armstrng@cs.dal.ca (Stan Armstrong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: One harddisk and two macs
Message-ID: <3264@cs.dal.ca>
Date: 5 May 89 17:02:51 GMT
References: <13346@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <286@nueces.UUCP>
Reply-To: armstrng@cs.dal.ca.UUCP (Stan Armstrong)
Distribution: comp.sys.mac
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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In article <286@nueces.UUCP> chari@nueces.UUCP (Chris Whatley) writes:
>In article <13346@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, boz@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (John Boswell) writes:
>> 	Our office currently has a MacPlus w/ 2.5meg and an external 20meg
>> harddisk.  We also have a 512ke that has been upgraded with a Dove upgrade
>> to 2meg and a SCSI port.  What I would like to know is if there is a reasonably
>> cheap way to allow BOTH macs to use the (single) harddisk.  Do I have to buy
>> some fancy server software?
>
>Definitely get Tops. It is a cheap and simple way to accomplish this. All you 
>need are two copies of tops and a couple of appletalk/phonenet connectors
>and voila, you have a network and file-sharing. It'll run you around
>$300 if you can find Tops cheaply enough.

There is an even cheaper way, if all you want is access to files on a
remote hard disk. Get Silver Server ($89) from MacConnection. I have it
for Silver Lining, the best hard disk driver software I have been able
to find. I haven't yet installed Silver Server. I am recommending it for
a small LAN at our church. If anyone has relevant experience please let
me know my Email, as serveral decisions depend upon it.

Stan Armstrong.
Religious Studies Dept
Saint Mary's University
Halifax, N.S.,CANADA, B3H 3C3
(902)420-5866

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