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From: buck@drax.gsfc.nasa.gov (Loren (Buck) Buchanan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: interfacing a PC to a 4D machine
Summary: PC-NFS
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Date: 15 Feb 90 14:46:29 GMT
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Reply-To: buck@drax.gsfc.nasa.gov (Loren (Buck) Buchanan)
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We use Sun PC-NFS on a pair of PC clones, and on an Amiga all running over
ethernet.  The hard disk of the IRIS appears as one (or more) disk drives
on the clone or Amiga.  I haven't done any timing tests, but the NFS drives
seem slightly slower than the local hard disks.

The single biggest problem (aside from never having enough disk space :-) is
the PC wants <CR><LF> and the IRIS uses only <LF>.  I just wish the other
problems we have were as easy to solve.

I have no finacial interest in Sun, any other PC-NFS vendor, SGI, Commodore,
IBM, clone manufacutures, ...

B Cing U

Buck
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