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echo: lan
to: MIKE BILOW
from: NICHOLAS COAD
date: 1998-01-27 19:57:00
subject: TCP/IP, NT server and RAS

Hello Mike.
27 Jan 98 08:07, Mike Bilow wrote to Nicholas Coad:
 MB> Yes.  The Samba package emulates an NT Server using NetBIOS over
 MB> TCP/IP.  The mars_nwe package emulates a Novell NetWare 3.x server.
 MB> Both are freeware.
That's interesting.  I'll have to do some downloading.
 MB> trouble.  You can use non-standard IRQs and even share IRQs across
 MB> ports (if your hardware allows this) quite easily, using the
 MB> "setserial" utility.
Woa!  I never knew that an IRQ could be shared.  This would be quite useful. 
What sort of hardware supports this?
 MB> interest is in building a network server, Red Hat or Caldera is
 MB> probably the best choice.
Ca either of these be installed over DOS 6.22.  I as because it's be much 
easier to setup MS DOS lan client than playing with millions of disks, or 
transfering a CD-ROM drive.
Nicholas
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