0rrodrig@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez) (10/23/88)
I want to find a way to send files from a mac II to an IBM AT and
visa-versa. Text files, that is. Just what sort of networking have people
been doing between these machines, and what are you using? Inquiring minds
would like to know.
Russell Rodriguez
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TOPS. How's that for brevity? Dave Neff att!hpfcla!hpvcla!neff P.S. It is made by SUN, and a version exists for both the MAC and the PC. When running on the PC, it eats up about 300K of RAM, but it can be unloaded. It allows controlled file access between workstations over AppleTalk. You will need both the MAC and the PC version. It seems to work pretty good. No idea of cost.
gmat@wuibc.UUCP (Gregory Martin Amaya Tormo) (10/25/88)
0rrodrig@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Russ Rodriguez) writes: > > I want to find a way to send files from a mac II to an IBM AT and >visa-versa. Text files, that is. Just what sort of networking have people >been doing between these machines, and what are you using? Inquiring minds >would like to know. > >Russell Rodriguez Novell is supposed to start shipping in December version 2.15 of its Netware Adanced, and SFT Netware which will support a new product called Netware for the Macintosh. Netware for the macintosh allows macs who think they are connected to an appleshare network to actually be connected to a AT based network. The AT server acts as the appleshare server, storing all the mac files in mac format. The PC based workstations see the macs as more PCs, and the macs see the PCs as macs. I have seen a beta-version, and IT WORKS! David Deitch, Computer Connection dwd0238@wucec3.wustl.edu Fido 1:100/22
frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) (10/27/88)
In article <318@wuibc.UUCP> dwd0238@wucec3.wustl.edu (David Deitch)` writes: > > I want to find a way to send files from a mac II to an IBM AT and >visa-versa. Text files, that is. Just what sort of networking have people >been doing between these machines, and what are you using? Inquiring minds >would like to know. If it's one Mac to one AT -- which happens to be my set-up -- you should consider MacLink Plus by DataViz. It transfers and *converts* (Word, Lotus, text, binary, etc.) files very quickly via a serial cable (provided). It can also provide conversion between different formats on the same machine. It's not a network but it meets my needs and I'm very satisfied with it. -- Frank Kolnick, consulting for, and therefore expressing opinions independent of, Computer X UUCP: {allegra, linus}!utzoo!mnetor!frank
Gary.Pulsinelli@f3.n121.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Gary Pulsinelli) (10/28/88)
Russ- Hi! Just recently, we purchased a package called MacLink Plus,
from DataViz Inc. It comes with a cable and software for the Mac and the
IBM. I tried it out the other day, and it worked great. It was very
easy to use and supported a speed of 57600 baud easily. It also comes
with translators to change one word processor format to another. We have
it hooked up between a Mac II and an IBM PC that has a Hauppage 386 board
installed. The cost was under $200. I haven't used it a lot, but I was
very impressed with the way it worked. By the way, all word processors
are not supported at each side (unfortunately, this included our IBM
favorite, XyWriter), but there is a program called XWORD that I found on
the MIC at MACC board (608-263-6057) that fills in some of the gaps.
Hope this helps you some.
Gary Pulsinelli
PS I think we got it mail order from an ad in MacWorld. GP
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ARPA: Gary.Pulsinelli@f3.n121.z1.FIDONET.ORGnghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem) (10/28/88)
|In article <4766@mnetor.UUCP>, frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes: |> In article <318@wuibc.UUCP> dwd0238@wucec3.wustl.edu (David Deitch)` writes:| > |> > I want to find a way to send files from a mac II to an IBM AT and |> >visa-versa. Text files, that is. Just what sort of networking have people |> >been doing between these machines, and what are you using? Inquiring minds |> >would like to know. |> |> If it's one Mac to one AT -- which happens to be my set-up -- you should |> consider MacLink Plus by DataViz. It transfers and *converts* (Word, Lotus, |> text, binary, etc.) files very quickly via a serial cable (provided). It |> can also provide conversion between different formats on the same |> machine. It's not a network but it meets my needs and I'm very satisfied |> with it. |> Frank Kolnick, |> consulting for, and therefore expressing opinions independent of, Computer X |> UUCP: {allegra, linus}!utzoo!mnetor!frank A cheaper way is to get Kermit for the Mac and Kermit for the IBM from cu20b.columbia.edu, using the FTP anonymous login, or from your local BBS. With Kermit, either machine can be run as a server and the remote machine can get files from the server fairly easily. You would only need to purchase a null modem cable for connecting the IBM to the Mac. nghiem@emx.utexas.edu.