> > I want to have as many different kinds of segments on my network
> > as I can manage, which means running a model 95 OS/2 system to bridge
> > between 10bt and tokenring on twinax.
>
> To round out that heterogeny, you need a set of Thomas-Conrad ARCNet
> cards (unless you can find 20Mbps-Datapoint cards), a passive hub,
> and a serial-port-based Token-ring network that uses software written
> in Russia. The Russian software lets you host drives that are actually
> shares from other machines!
>
> You'll want to use a Mac to bridge Ethernet to Localtalk, if you
> can find the software...
>
> What else?
>
> -dq
How about bisync or SNA? At one place, we used to have a VAX HASP point-to-
point network for file transfer (it's easy when you don't have to buy the
hardware or software).
DEC used to make an ethernet to SNA gateway based on the uVAXII, didn't they?
-ethan
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Received on Wed Jun 27 2001 - 08:48:21 BST