Josh Allen wrote: > On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 06:48 AM, Darren wrote: > > >>About time someone made it easy, a shame its beyond the capabilities or >>wont's of some list members or their machines. > > > You can use this type of networking with just 2 computers; you don't > have to have a 'net connection or a hub or any of that; you could just > hook the two together with a crossover cable and use the same > networking setup; just switch it from DHCP to Manual and assign it a > number like 192.168.1.x, where x is any number between 0 and 255. > > -Should I add this to the site, you think? I'm considering splitting > the article into sections. I need to finish the web-hosting article... > > > > > >>I didn't think much of DAVE when I tried it. I didn't give it a fair >>shake either. >>Would you like a few screen shots of how mac like a pc app can be? >>With PcMacLan every mac on your network is in your "network >>neighborhood" while every mac can see the pc as another appletalk >>connection in their chooser. >> > > > I have tried using this application at I believe version 7, but I could > never get it working with my (then) Performa G3/400 with OS 9. I > suppose i never gave it a fair shake either, but I would rather, to be > honest, work with a Macintosh end-solution than one designed for > Windows. I love the Mac OS.
Dave is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick, but is sluggish and a kludge if you have any other means of sharing files. File transfer between a Mac running DAVE and our NT 4 servers was about 5 times slower than transfer between the same Mac, and the same server, upgraded to Win2K, but now running Services for Macintosh (since SFM on Win2K uses Appleshaer IP, instead of Appletalk, and my boss didn't want Appletalk polluting his tcp/ip network. You see, back in 1989 Appletalk over Ethernet was really chatty, and NOvell's implementation of it was worse. (Though, of course, he never complained about the chattiness of Novell's network protocol! :-( But the cheapest way of doing file transfer between Macs and PC's is a crossover cable and FTP servers on either system. It's cumbersome, but perfectly doable, and is free, except for the cost of the crossover cable, since NCSA Telnet (free) has a ftp server built in, and WARFtp for the PC is a free FTP server. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
