gjh@tybalt.caltech.edu (Greg J. Hiscott) (02/24/90)
> > TOPS 2.1 Mac to PC network operating system for sale. > Includes all hardware and software to link Macintosh and IBM PCs > in a network. Brand new, shrink wrapped. I do not want to buy or sell TOPS, but I do want to hear from anyone on the net using a Macintosh with an ethernet card to use TOPS between a Sun and a Mac. What configuration are you using? How do you like it? What problems (if any) did you have in setting it up? What kind of Sun are you using it with? Did you have to do anything to TOPS to get it tow work with ethernet? Did you have to buy a special version of TOPS? How much did the Sun side of the TOPS SW cost? Thank you for the info. -- +-------+ Greg Hiscott gophers = gophers - 18; |+-----+| gjh@ligo.caltech.edu |+-----+| Disclaimer: Caltech has nothing to do with this message. +-------+ (818) 356-2974 FAX:(818)304-9834
bauman@shell.com (Evan Bauman) (03/01/90)
>I do not want to buy or sell TOPS, but I do want to hear from >anyone on the net using a Macintosh with an ethernet card to >use TOPS between a Sun and a Mac. What configuration are you >using? How do you like it? What problems (if any) did you >have in setting it up? What kind of Sun are you using it with? >Did you have to do anything to TOPS to get it tow work with >ethernet? Did you have to buy a special version of TOPS? > I'd like to second the request for feedback on this issue. We're using mostly Suns, but have a few Mac II's that we'd like to "bring into the network". One of the Mac II's has a Daystar 40 MHz 68030 + 68882, a MacIrma card, and a Radius 19" color display (8 bit). It has a Daynafile and a Microtek color scanner on the SCSI bus. This Mac II has exhibited numerous compatibility problems, especially with the Daynafile and the Radius software enhancements. The Irma board only functions if it's positioned in a particular slot. However, we've hacked a way to get most of this to function harmoniously. Now we're wondering what kind of troubles we'll have if we add an ethernet board. We're looking at the 3Com Etherlink card, but I'm open to suggestions on other ethernet cards. The ethernet applications will be NCSA Telnet, TOPS, and MacX. Thanks in advance! Evan G. Bauman Shell Development Company - Westhollow Research Center PO Box 1380; Houston, TX 77251-1380 bauman@shell.com or for the uucp types: {sun,bcm}!shell!bauman