matt@iquery.UUCP (Matt Reedy) (01/30/88)
We are a horizontal software house, and thus have an unusual conglomeration of
machines: AT&T 3B1, 3B2 (both SysV), Altos 1086 (their own Xenix), NBI 520
(4.2BSD), TI-1100 (SCO Xenix), NCR Tower (SysV), DEC Microvax (VMS),
Burroughs B-25 (Convergent NGEN running CTOS) and a collection of IBM AT
clones running MSDOS, OS/2 & SCO Xenix.
My interest is in determining the feasiblity of networking all (or as
many as I can) of these machines together such that:
a) they all share the same file system of a designated server machine
or, if that is not possible,
b) they can copy files back and forth to each other (through a server)
at network speeds (rather than uucp or Kermit speeds)
Does anyone know about the hardware and software needed to connect these
diverse systems? Is there some machine other than those I've listed here that
can be used as a server for all of these (I'm thinking of a Banyan VINES
system perhaps)? I'll be happy to post the resulting information in
case others are interested.
Please e-mail or US-MAIL to me if you have any experience with networking
these systems. Thanks in advance.
Matt Reedy {petro,adelie}!iquery!matt
Programmed Intelligence (512) 822-8703
830 NE Loop 410, Suite 412
San Antonio, TX 78209-1209 "just ONE MORE compile..."