Re: [WinMac] Virtual PC and dynamic data exchange?


jeff thorstad(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 09:33:09 -0000


>>I'm wondering if anyone on the list has experience using dde or ODBC on a
>>Virtual PC environment on the Mac.
>>
> It's a PC - it's just like using DDE and/or ODBC on a "real" PC.
>
> If you are thinking about trying to communicate BETWEEN the MacOS
>and the Virtual PC - you're out of luck. There is no "bridge" between the
>two, sorry.
>

If you give both computers (Mac and VPC) their own IP number, you should
be able to communicate as if they were different computers. You can't
communicate internally, but externally through your network should work.

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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