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From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: VAX--Ethernet--Mac
Message-ID: <7597@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: 5 Jun 89 21:43:34 GMT
References: <433@mtk.UUCP> <50928@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
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Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, IN, USA
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In article <50928@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, thitt@hydroplane.cis.ohio-state.edu (Todd A Hitt) writes:
> In article <433@mtk.UUCP> marmar@mtk.UUCP (Mark Martino) writes:
> >We have a Mac SE here.  We also have quite a few IBM PC clones connected
> >to our VAX 8250 via Ethernet.  The PCs are running DECnet 2.0.  I would
> >like to connect the Mac to the VAX by using the same Ethernet network.
> 
> I would recommend you check out Community-Mac from Technology Concepts.
... 
> Another product is TSSnet from Alisa Systems.  It provides Mail, network file
> copy, and a FAL on the Macintosh.  It does not support a file server - thus
... 
> Of course you can always wait for DEC.

Or you can wait for Apple.  Their recent announcements show promise:

Communications Toolbox (Available Q3 1989 for System 6.0.3)
 
    The Communications toolbox raises the standard capability for applications
    to communicate with other computers by modem, local or wide area networks.
    The  toolbox provides a standard way for developers to support
    communications hardware as well as file transfer and terminal emulation
    capabilities.
 
They also announce that DEC has licensed the LAT protocols to Apple, which
should make it easy for Apple to make a product to connect to any DECnet
host.

-Michael

> 
> Todd Hitt


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