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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:19441 comp.unix.bsd:9039 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!olivea!charnel!sifon!clouso.crim.ca!clouso!hancu 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 Sender: news@clouso.crim.ca Organization: Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal Lines: 44 Nntp-Posting-Host: drebin.crim.ca 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