lotto@endor.harvard.edu (Jerry Lotto) (07/26/86)
We have set up a number of IBM machines (PC's, XT;s and AT's) on an
ethernet using the 3-COM boards (new short boards w/o 80x86 processer
or xs. memory). Our "usual" application of the network is to
interconnect the PC's w/ local VAXen and SUNs using TCP/IP or DECnet.
One group that owns a few of these machines would like to implement
local disk sharing. We rejected the (particular) 3-COM software that
came with the boards offhand because it requires specially formatted
sections of the disk. Instead, we want a network that uses the MSDOS
filesystem under DOS 3.1 or 3.2. NFS looks like it could do the trick,
or perhaps some 3-COM hardware adaptation of the IBM Token-Ring net,
but we have not seen either of these working firsthand.
Anyway, we solicit your opinions and experience. Reply by e-mail to me
and I will summarize results to the net. Please do not request direct
forwarding of replies, I promise to summarize as soon as enough useful
information is collected.
Gerald Lotto - Harvard Chemistry Dept.
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