TP701 & Mac

[eyrich@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Christoph Eyrich)]

Does MacLan run under os2 (Warp)?

Have you tried NetPresenz by Peter Lewis? (I'd like to know if you think
it's rubbish :-)



BTW, here is an alternative: according to c't 4 (1996), pp 376ff, you
can use a serial connection (null modem) as the RS-422 of the Mac is
compatible with the RS-232 of the PC. If you use a modern rate you
can get a transfer rate of up to 230kb/s. - If you haven't got an
ethernet card this is a pretty cheap way of connecting Mac and PC.

Christoph Eyrich

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> 
>         IMO, the *BEST* solution for you is to set up a simple Ethernet
> job.  For $40 you can get a transceiver for your Mac, and some amout of $
> will get you a PCMCIA Ethernet thing for your 701C.  Then, the software you
> want to buy is "MacLan Connect" by Miramar software in Santa Barbara.
> 
>         Basically, MacLan is Windows software that provides AppleTalk
> capability to Windows (and you just turn on the various file-sharing stuff
> built-in to the Mac).  Bingo--you can share drives either direction and
> also printers (PostScript--you can do others with the help of additional
> software).  Only problem is that it doesn't yet support Win '95's long
> filenames.
> 
>         But its the best solution I've ever used for getting my two
> platforms to talk to each other--and I went through a *lot* of crap.  You
> might even be able to get the Apple CD-ROM to be used on your PC.
> 
> 
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