tim@j.cc.purdue.edu (Timothy Lange) (08/25/88)
I need to setup a network between two Compaq 286 machines so they can run Dbase III+ applications and share a multi-megabyte data file. The Dbase manual says it can be networked with PC Net, Token Ring, Novell, and 3Com 3+. The cheapest setup I can get with one of these four (Token Ring) is about $2500! I know about other networks, like Western Digital Starlan and Netbios software (approx. $900), but don't know if Dbase will run on it. Can the net give me any suggestions? Tim. -- Timothy Lange / Purdue University Computing Center / Mathematical Sciences Bldg West Lafayette, IN 47907 / 317-494-1787 / tim@j.cc.purdue.edu / CIS 75410,525 -- Timothy Lange / Purdue University Computing Center / Mathematical Sciences Bldg West Lafayette, IN 47907 / 317-494-1787 / tim@j.cc.purdue.edu / CIS 75410,525
earl@trsvax.UUCP (08/29/88)
/* Written 11:03 am Aug 25, 1988 by j.cc.purdue.edu!tim in trsvax:comp.sys.ibm.pc */ /* ---------- "2 Machine Network for Dbase III+." ---------- */ I need to setup a network between two Compaq 286 machines so they can run Dbase III+ applications and share a multi-megabyte data file. The Dbase manual says it can be networked with PC Net, Token Ring, Novell, and 3Com 3+. The cheapest setup I can get with one of these four (Token Ring) is about $2500! I know about other networks, like Western Digital Starlan and Netbios software (approx. $900), but don't know if Dbase will run on it. Can the net give me any suggestions? Tim. -- Timothy Lange / Purdue University Computing Center / Mathematical Sciences Bldg West Lafayette, IN 47907 / 317-494-1787 / tim@j.cc.purdue.edu / CIS 75410,525 -- Timothy Lange / Purdue University Computing Center / Mathematical Sciences Bldg West Lafayette, IN 47907 / 317-494-1787 / tim@j.cc.purdue.edu / CIS 75410,525 /* End of text from trsvax:comp.sys.ibm.pc */ Might I suggest you seriously look into using Tandy's VIANET system. A 2 machine hookup will cost about $700.00, plus you can us machines at the same time, unlike other networks that require one machine to be a dedicated server. DBASE III+ and the LAN Pack worked fine when I last looked at it a while back with ViaNet. *********************************************************************** <This information is provided by an individual and is not nor should be construed as being provided by Radio Shack or Tandy Corp. Radio Shack/Tandy Corp has no obligation to support the information provided in any way. > Earl W. Bollinger @ <trsvax!earl> "You were in the Clone Wars!", said Luke excitedly. "Yes", replied Obi Wan, "I was a DOS programmer. But that was before the dark times, before OS2."
devine@cookie.dec.com (Bob Devine) (09/02/88)
>> I need to setup a network between two Compaq 286 machines so they >> can run Dbase III+ applications and share a multi-megabyte data >> file. The Dbase manual says it can be networked with PC Net, >> Token Ring, Novell, and 3Com 3+. The cheapest setup I can get >> with one of these four (Token Ring) is about $2500! > I know about other networks, like Western Digital Starlan and > Netbios software (approx. $900), but don't know if Dbase will run > on it. Can the net give me any suggestions? > Might I suggest you seriously look into using Tandy's VIANET system. > DBASE III+ and the LAN Pack worked fine when I last looked at it a while > back with ViaNet. As one of the folks who worked on ViaNET, I can tell you that it will work. WD's offering and Tandy's ViaNET will both support dBase. However there was a change for WD's "ViaNet Professional" which uses MS/PC-Net protocols (aka NetBIOS). But this change does not affect applications that are well-behaved in the use of network file locking strategies. Buy it, it works. Besides I still own stock in WD... Bob Devine DEC Database Systems in Colorado Springs