On 21 Jul 96 12:24am, Doug Joorish wrote to Pyre:
 P> Sorry...I'm sure ther've been plenty of questions like
 P> this, but I just got on this brd and don't feel like
 P> sifting through 137 old messages to find an answer. ;)
 P> Right now I'm just running a 80486DX266, but within the
 P> week am getting two XT's, a 386, and an XT laptop..and
 P> was wondering what kind of networking, file sharing, app
 P> sharing, or anything else would be possible with
 P> computers running at those speeds?  And at what cost?
 DJ> Well, there's Ethernet. Cheapest cards I know at retail costs
 DJ> are 20 to 25 bucks. Then you need a small amount of twisted
 DJ> pair or coax. If you get your hands on WFW (Windows for
 DJ> Workgroups ie Windows 3.11), then you should be able to use
 DJ> it's built-in networking... I think. I personally have never
 DJ> used WFW's networking capabilities. Novell's Personal NetWare
 DJ> runs in the area of $80. If you can afford it, it's a good
 DJ> package. A note on the above: If you have three or more
 DJ> machines, then you will ahve to either run a ring network with
 DJ> coax, or you will have to invest in some sort of a hub. That
 DJ> can get costly, unless you find some kind of a deal. Several
 DJ> months ago, I bought an eight-connection Ethernet hub for $170.
 DJ> Four-connection hubs run around $100, I believe. I hope this is
 DJ> of use (and correct... ;) ...)
National Semiconductor has a six-port InfoMover Workgroup Hub for around
$60.  It has six RJ-45 connectors and one BNC which can be used to
either tie two hubs together or to tie in a Coax loop.
This is a fairly new product so you might not see it in any catalogs
yet.
George
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