GCOPR@ISUVAX.BITNET (Operator) (03/15/90)
right now I have a 1050 disk drive. the ibm hookup will be achieved by serial (rs232) cable to an ibm compatible machine, which will act as a server. i plan to have a 386 by then, so the ibm won't be completely dedicated to the server task. otherwise i'll have a spare slow (4.77 mHz) pc as the server machine. I'll then be able to share my printers, my hard drive, and floppies. it's not the _best_ solution, and it will be somewhat slow (but not terribly slow-the atari diskdrive communicates at 19.2k, and I think i can squeeze that out of a p:r: connection, so it shouldn't be any slower than a 1050 floppy, which is 'acceptable' -m
bobm@anasaz.UUCP (Bob Maccione) (03/17/90)
In article <C5361C094B9F400471@ISUVAX.BITNET> GCOPR@ISUVAX.BITNET (Operator) writes: >right now I have a 1050 disk drive. the ibm hookup will be achieved by >serial (rs232) cable to an ibm compatible machine, which will act as a server. >i plan to have a 386 by then, so the ibm won't be completely dedicated to the >server task. otherwise i'll have a spare slow (4.77 mHz) pc as the server >machine. I'll then be able to share my printers, my hard drive, and floppies. >it's not the _best_ solution, and it will be somewhat slow (but not terribly >slow-the atari diskdrive communicates at 19.2k, and I think i can squeeze that >out of a p:r: connection, so it shouldn't be any slower than a 1050 floppy, >which is 'acceptable' > This has probably been asked before but: has anyone successfully made a PC into a server? I'd probably use a multi-tasking system to not tie up the system completely but I'd like to copy all of my disks to a BIG partition and then not have to worry about the disk drive. Is there a source to some demo/psuedo code to do this ?? thanks bob