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From: hancu@crim.ca (Marius Hancu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Connecting Novell networks of 286 to linux/386bsd
Summary: How to connect Novell networks of 286s to linux/386bsd servers
Message-ID: <hancu.724508876@clouso>
Date: 16 Dec 92 12:27:56 GMT
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Hi:
I sent linux to friends of mine in Romania. linux on 386s runs fine,
thank you, but they have the following difficulty: most of their PCs are
tied up in Novell Netware networks and those PCs, except for the
servers, are 286s (which cannot run linux/386bsd).
They would like to have linux/386bsd on the server and have dumb terminal
windows (for emacs or vi for example) or even X windows on the 286
slaves. Of course the point is to have access to the rich Unix
programmming environment available on linux/386bsd.
I have to mention there are several (not just one) 286s connected to a 386
server. In Romania, there are hundreds of 286 running just dos/windows,
and I'd like to change that...
I wonder if any of you has any experience in this area? I would
appreciate learning first of all about public domain tools, but if that
is not possible,...
I'd like to mention that Philip Copeland (Sys Admin)
<p_copela@csd.uwe-bristol.ac.uk>, the resident linux comm guru, has
informed me about the existence of a package from CDC, called
Vista-eXceed from control data
described as an X Window Server
which allows one to open X windows on the slaves running Windows. But I
would not mind at all having acces to some other experiences and
preferably referring to public domain stuff..
The network cards seem to be ne1000/2000, if this makes any difference
(I intend to suggest them to use the drivers by D. Becker on the
server).
Please mail or post.
Cheers and thanks,
--
Marius Hancu, Parallel Architectures Group
Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal (CRIM)
3744, Jean-Brillant, Bureau 500, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1P1, Canada
phone: (514) 340-5907, fax: 514-340-5777, email: hancu@crim.ca