On Wed, 26 May 1999 19:55:19 -0700, you wrote:
>This leaves one of two places
>1) A ram drive.
>A RAM drive is limited by, well, ram. If you want to have a decently large
>spool area, you're going to need a lot of RAM. That 100 page Word for
>Windows document you want to print has to fit too. So all of the sudden you
>have to go out and buy 64 megs of ram. Maybe it's worth it -- I don't know.
>
>2) A hard drive.
>Requiring a HD really goes against the grain. Sure STN will support a HD if
>you have one, but I REALLY hate to start adding software that REQUIRES a
>hard drive to be present. That's really another product for another day.
>
>Also, there doesn't seem to be a native way for Windows 9x to print to a LPD
>printer. You can do it with NT, and you can share the NT LPD printer, but
>if you have just win9x, then you're stuck. There are third party packages
>available, and I'm going to look into them, but this might be a problem for
>some.
>
>I haven't looked into Samba yet, it may be the solution for Windows
>networks. It probably has the same spool issue though.
>
>So the questions:
>1) Would you still want to use your STN box as a print server if it required
>enough free ram to fit the largest job you have?
>
>2) Can you live with adding a third party package so you can print from
>win9x?
As far as I am concerned :-
1. It should be 100% optional
2. If it requires a hard disk to run - thats just fine --- I have _BOXES_ of
300, and 500MB
disks floating about unused and most motherboards have built in IDE
controllers.
3. Even if it requires installation to hard disk, that would not be a problem
- if it can be
automated in some way - never did get it to work :-(
4. I already run LINUX + SAMBA at work as a web server - works a treat for NT
and 9x
Rgds,
Bob
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