bmac1@ssc-bee.UUCP (Keith Pratt) (01/23/86)
Hello everybody, I am looking for somebody with a little more experience than I have to answer questions about networking Mac's together. We are going to receive in the near future 10 Mac's, 5 Imagewriters, and 1 LaserWriter. I understand that I can use Appletalk to network the Mac's in order to share the LaserWriter. Is there a better network than Appletalk to do this? Also, how can I take advantage of a network to share the Imagewriters? Or should I just settle for A/B switches to share 5 printers among 10 Mac's. Any and all responses will be appreciated. Keith Pratt (206)-241-3387 !uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!bmac1
tohaapanen@watrose.UUCP (Tom Haapanen) (01/27/86)
In article <465@ssc-bee.UUCP> bmac1@ssc-bee.UUCP (Keith Pratt) writes: > >I am looking for somebody with a little more experience than I have to >answer questions about networking Mac's together. We are going to >receive in the near future 10 Mac's, 5 Imagewriters, and 1 >LaserWriter. > >I understand that I can use Appletalk to network the Mac's in order to >share the LaserWriter. Is there a better network than Appletalk to do >this? I have a question myself, too: with the advent of the Mac+, there is real potential here for BUSINESS APPLICATIONS. However, can somebody tell me whether Appletalk allows file sharing on a SCSI drive (need a 20M - 30M drive for the application I have in mind)? If so, does it allow file locking (this would be ok) or record locking (this would be REALLY nice). We're talking shared databases here --- can the Mac+/Appletalk/SCSI combination handle this? A Mac+ would be a lot more attractive from a user perspective than an ASCII terminal... \tom haapanen watmath!watrose!haapanen I'm all lost in the Supermarket I can no longer shop happily I came in here for that special offer Guaranteed personality (c) The Clash, 1979