jamesr@cortex.med.jhu.edu (Jim Rosenberg) (11/28/90)
Does anyone out there have experience with or know of products that allow the use of an Ultrix server (DECSystem 5400) as a file server for PC DOS and Macintosh. I understand that DEC is releasing their PCSA (correct acronym ?) software for Ultrix, but I am interested in other packages. We want to provide transparent access to database files and a manager, as well as other applications, for DOS and Mac users; ideally, users would never see a difference from DOS / Mac access of local files and applications. Thanks in advance for all the help. James Rosenberg Systems Manager Div. Psychiatric Neuro-Imaging
kludge@scb3.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey 44056) (11/28/90)
In article <1093@cortex.med.jhu.edu> jamesr@cortex.med.jhu.edu (Jim Rosenberg) writes: >Does anyone out there have experience with or know of products that allow >the use of an Ultrix server (DECSystem 5400) as a file server for PC DOS >and Macintosh. I understand that DEC is releasing their PCSA (correct >acronym ?) software for Ultrix, but I am interested in other packages. We >want to provide transparent access to database files and a manager, as well >as other applications, for DOS and Mac users; ideally, users would never >see a difference from DOS / Mac access of local files and applications. I use the Columbia Appletalk Protocol software which is available by anonymous FTP from rutgers.edu as src/ru-cap2.tar.Z. It seems to have some major problems running under Ultrix 4.0, though, and I am not sure what they are. But we do run the software on Suns and on Berkeley 4.2 on our 11/780 with no difficulty. You need a gateway between your Appletalk net and your Ethernet, but beyond that it's smooth sailing. --scott