atk@btr.com (10/24/90)
I recently started working as the system administrator for this company, and we have a mixed environment of PCs and Sun systems. We currently use a product called "PC-Interface" from Locus Computing to interface our PCs to the Suns. We have had mixed results with this package (specifically, the terminal emulation does not work with /bin/csh on the Sun systems, and the PCs sometimes hang when using the netowrk). So I am looking for alternatives. I have investigated PC-NFS, and it looks like a good product, except it doesn't seem compatible with Windows 3.0. I.e. I was not able to successfully start a telnet session from within a DOS window, and the mail package did not work properly for me when executed from a DOS window either (the DOS windows opened from Windows 3.0 running in enhanced mode). Since we really like Windows 3.0, I thought I'd ask and see if anyone knows of any other packages that will allow: 1. NFS access using virtual disk drives on the PCs, 2. Printing redirection of LPT1 to the Sun print spooler, 2. Terminal emulation that will work from within a Windows 3.0 DOS window, 3. Mail access from within a Windows 3.0 DOS window. Please respond directly to me and I will summarize to the net if there is enough interest. Thanks. Alex Kreis Sophia Systems and Technology Palo Alto, California, USA e-mail: atk@btr.com