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From: prem@crackle.amd.com (Prem Sobel)
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Subject: Re: Help in connecting IBM-PC's to mac.
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Date: 23 May 89 18:21:42 GMT
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In article <340@shuldig.huji.ac.il> yogi%humus.bitnet@humus.Huji.AC.IL () writes:
>All we need from the network is the ability to store read only
>files in PC format. WE do not need any file transmittions
>between IBM/mac, just a huge common, read only hard disk for
>our IBM's. This partition need not even be accesible from
>the mac.  Printing and other resourse sharing is not a requirment too.
>
>I know that there are apple talk cards for the PC, but I am
>not sure as to software.

What you want is called TOPS, now own by Sun Microsystems.
It allows PCs to use AppleTalk.  It is software that runs on the PCs and
requires a card in each PC. About $125-$150 for the hardware and the same
for the software. This will allow you to share the Apple printers too.

If you get the software for the Macs, about $125, then they can also read
or write or execute files in PC land.

We use it here it works great.

Prem