Re: [WinMac] NT vs Win98 in Mac shop?

Thomas Roth(tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 16:16:43 -0400

>>We've been using Macs for years and have within the past year and a half
>>introduced a number of NT Workstations and a NT Server and the performance
>>and stability on them is great. They also integrate well with the Macs.

From: Marlan <marlan@sasquatch.com>
>I'm wondering if you could point me to places where I could get more on
>integrating a Mac into a Wintel system?

This list and the people on it are the most useful source of information.
Most of them know far more then me as many of them are networking
professionals. I'm just a hack in the graphic arts business who has had
to learn how to support Macs on his own because the in-house computer folks
don't really know Macs.

I'm sure there are many web sites with this kind of information as well.

>Our church recently decided to get a Pentium II (not sure
>which OS either '98 or NT I think), and I'd like to be able to drag and
>drop files back and forth from my Mac to the Wintel system via ethernet.
>Also I'd like to be able to access a database that resides on the Wintel
>system.
>
>Can I just plug an ethernet cable into both the Mac and PC and have it
>work?

I believe you can if you use a cross-contect cable or better yet, regular
ethernet cables and a mini hub. You'd then need to install something on
the PC side to speak AppleTalk or something on the Mac side to speak to the
PC (something like Dave). Plug in an ethernetable printer and you're
really in business.

You'll have to forgive me as I'm used to sharing files across a file server
so I've not done what you're wanting to do but there's been a lot of
discussion about this lately here on WinMac and also on TidBITS-Talk list.

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