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From: exedore@widomaker.com (Exedore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: Shared modem on FreeBSD and Windows95
Date: 23 Aug 1996 03:40:01 GMT
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>Sorry to change the subject, but are you able to use the FreeBSD file
>system on your Windows95 machine... 'cause this is what i need to do,
>use the FreeBSD machine to store files that are accessible to every
>machine... Can you please tell me if this is possible, and if so, how
>you did this...

I can't claim to be an expert, but NFS(network file system) would seem to be a 
good solution.  I'm fairly certain it will let you share files cross-platform, 
You'll just need to find a software package for each platform on which you 
want to use it.

J.p.