Re: Looking for Mac utilities for WinNT Server

Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Wed, 1 Jul 1998 19:53:20 -0400

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The big plus for DAVE is that it allows a Mac to access the NT without
AppleTalk. So the NT Server DOES NOT have to run Services For Macintosh.
It simplifies management of volumes and privileges. Also, DAVE bypasses
the bottlenecks of AppleTalk. Performance is better. It seems pretty
well integrated into the MacOS and you don't have to change anything on
your existing NT servers to add Mac clients.
If you looked at DAVE version 1.0, go back and look at 2.0. They seem to
have cleaned up the interface and installation.
PS: I'm not using DAVE because in previous versions I found a few
quirks, but I am in the process of re-evaluating DAVE 2.0. NetDoublerNT
is another option for performance gains, but it requires an addition to
the NT server and the Mac clients!

Rob Simons
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San Antonio, TX 78247

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
>[mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Roth
>Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 4:14 PM
>To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
>Subject: Re: Looking for Mac utilities for WinNT Server
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>>>There is a product called DAVE 2.0 made by Thursby software
>>>(www.thursby.com) that gives a mac access to a NT network, you can
>>>share files, browse the network, mount shared volumes, see print
>>>spoolers etc, and you have support for pop-up messages.
>>>
>>>I think that Novell probably
>>>has still more but in an NT environment, Dave makes it much easier to
>>>integrate. I have never like Macintosh services for NT that is uilt
>in
>>>to the server....
>>
>>From: Mark B. Johnson
>>
>>I can't recommend DAVE highly enough. This is a MUST HAVE for folks
who
>>have Macs on NT networks. Couldn't live without it.
>
>
>OK, you're the second person who has recommended DAVE. Please explain
>to me what the great benefits of DAVE is. Microsoft's "Services for
>Macintosh" already gives me the ability to share files, browse the
>network and mount shared volumes.
>When I looked at DAVE many months ago it looked like you had to load a
>whole bunch of extensions and control panels. It sounds like DAVE
would
>give me pop-up messages and the ability to see the print queues but
that
>seems like a heavy price to pay just for that. Is there more to DAVE
>then that?
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