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From: karl@genesis.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.linux,comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: ARE THERE ANY ALTERNATIVES FOR PC-NFS BESIDES SUN'S OFFERING
Date: 5 Aug 1993 21:39:49 -0500
Organization: MCSNet Ops, Chicago, IL
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References: <23sfj6INN2ju@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
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Keywords: Unix, NFS, client, server, Sun, anti-Sun

In article <23sfj6INN2ju@darkstar.ucsc.edu>,
Brian Buhrow <buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu> wrote:
>
>	I was recently asked to evaluate the various ways of connecting a
>collection of IBM compatibles together.  We can use Novell, but I was also
>considering using a Unix nfs file server with PC-NFS clients running on the
>pc's.  Would this scenario provide the same functionality with respect to
>file access as a Novell server?  That is, can you make the network drive
>look like a local drive to the pc (g:, etc.)?
>	What about MS-DOS nfs clients?  Are there nfs client programs out
>there besides Sun's PC-NFS which, at last check, ran for $250.00, or there
>abouts, a station?

I would look at Beame & Whiteside's package.  I like it much better than
PC/NFS; one of its salient features is that it is very stingy on the DOS
memory requirement, which is a very, very big deal for DOS users.

I use it here, recommend it, sell it, and like it.  I admit to being biased.
:-)

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