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echo: lan
to: MIKE BILOW
from: JOHN ALDRICH
date: 1998-01-01 16:31:00
subject: network

 JA> Ahh..thanks to you and someone else who set me straight on
 JA> that. :) I'm wondering if you can use Caldera Open Dos to
 JA> connect to a Win95 box?
 MB> I don't think so.  Microsoft offers a free CIFS client for DOS:
 MB> This does not provide a peer server on the DOS machine, 
 MB> but just a client.  If you need peer server capability 
 MB> on DOS, you can buy Microsoft Workgroup Add-On for DOS, 
 MB> about $50.  In theory, since Caldera OpenDOS is fully 
 MB> compatible with Microsoft DOS, you should be able to 
 MB> run the Microsoft client on it, but I've never tried 
 MB> that.
Ahh..Ok. I just want a client so I can *possibly* run my "game" machine as a 
second node off Win95 and possibly keep some files on the Win95 machine.... 
:) Hopefully I can do this w/o using the Microsoft Workgroup add-on. :)
Thanks for your help...
        John
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