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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux with and DOS based network?
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 1996 17:52:47 -0700
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James Housley wrote:
]
] I have an existing network of computers running Lantastic 6.0.
] Most are in DOS (yuck) and occasionally in Windoze. This is
] a requirement since we sell DOS based software with our
] product. A couple of machines are migrating to OS/2 as a
] better platform of our software.
]
] I want to develop the code for our 68332 uP on UN*X. It gives
] me C/C++, source level debugging and more that DOS can't offer.
] How ever I would like to be able to access the existing network.
] If only in one direction, so I can at least run backups.
]
] Will either of FreeBSD or Linux allow me to do this? What
] software might be needed?
Contact your Artisoft sales representative. Ask about ports
of Lantastic server software to UNIX platforms and ask about
a network proxy gateway for winsock for TCP/IP for Lantastic
clients.
Depending on how you plan to backup, this might be enough.
I don't think there is any client software, unreleased or
otherwise, so if you mean "attach to server/backup server/
go to next server" from BSD, you will be out of luck (you
could run a Windows95 box as a "network bridge" (this will
work for TCP to NetBEUI bridging of mounts as well). It
is an undocumented feature of windows95 that with hardware
hacking and/or registry hacking, you can export a drive you
have imported for consumption by another network (if you
have the SDK, this is described under the keyowrd "shares"
in the info database, as a "bug").
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.