Re: WinMac Digest #166 - 12/14/98

Harjit Singh(har_jit[at]yahoo.com)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 06:13:52 +0000 (GMT)

How can I access a remote Windows NT server thru a mac. IS there any
app to do that ?

- Harjit
The Windows-MacOS cooperation list <winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu>
wrote:
>
> WinMac Digest #166 - Monday, December 14, 1998
>
> Peer to Peer Networking...
> by "Rosemary J. Hagen" <rjw@eos.net>
> RE: Adding Extensions to Mac Files
> by "Parker, Douglas" <douglas.parker@lmco.com>
> Re: [WinMac] Peer to Peer Networking...
> by "Bruce Johnson" <johnson@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU>
> Re: [WinMac] Peer to Peer Networking...
> by "Liam Helmer" <liamh@axion.net>
> Re: [WinMac] RE: Adding Extensions to Mac Files
> by "Kurt Witowski" <r5213c@email.sps.mot.com>
> Re: [WinMac] Peer to Peer Networking...
> by <TKnDallas@aol.com>
> Re: WinMac Digest #160 - 12/07/98
> by "thomas kase" <thomas@accessio.com>
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2.1 message/rfc822
>
> Dear Mac/PC Wizards,
>
> My husband has connected our two computers via a crossover cable
> using the 10BASEt port on my Mac. I can only connect to the network
on
> the Pentium 100 side of my 7200/120 PC Compatible. We can thereby
use
> each others' printers. I would like to know how to make my Mac
aware of
> the connection and perhaps use it? Do I need to buy software (I hope
> not) or can I use the software I have OS8.0?
>
> TIA,
>
> Rosemary
>
> **********************************
> Rosemary J. Hagen
> rjw@eos.net
> **********************************
>
>
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2.2 message/rfc822
>
>
> On the mac, look at your PC Exchange control panel. This maps DOS/WIN
> extensions to macintosh applications.
>
> .hqx is the extension for binhex, so Stuffit Expander is the correct
mac
> program to run. If you need to split the .hqx extension from the
Stuffit
> application, turn off PC Exchange and see if that works.
>
> DP
> > ----------
> >
> > We are using an Intergraph Extreme Z machine for email running
Windows for
> > NT. We are running Outlook Xpress as our email program. We take
the files
> > our customers send and transfer them to our Mac. When we receive
files
> > from
> > a customer's Mac the program is adding an .hqx extension to the
files.
> > When
> > we try to open the files on our Mac it thinks they are compressed
files
> > and
> > tries to launch Stuffit Expander. Does anyone have any idea of a
setting
> > that is causing this? If the files are sent as compressed files
the Mac
> > can
> > open them OK.
> >
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2.3 message/rfc822
>
> What is the other computer? If it's a Mac, you need to go to Appletalk
> control panel and select Ethernet as the active port.
>
> Rosemary J. Hagen wrote:
> >
> > Dear Mac/PC Wizards,
> >
> > My husband has connected our two computers via a crossover
cable
> > using the 10BASEt port on my Mac. I can only connect to the
network on
> > the Pentium 100 side of my 7200/120 PC Compatible. We can thereby
use
> > each others' printers. I would like to know how to make my Mac
aware of
> > the connection and perhaps use it? Do I need to buy software (I
hope
> > not) or can I use the software I have OS8.0?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Rosemary
> >
> > **********************************
> > Rosemary J. Hagen
> > rjw@eos.net
> > **********************************
> >
> > * Windows-MacOS Cooperation List
 *
> > * FAQ: <http://www.darryl.com/winmacfaq/>
 *
> > * Archives: <http://www.darryl.com/winmac/>
 *
> > * Subscribe: <mailto:winmac-on@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu>
 *
> > * Subscribe Digest: <mailto:winmac-digest@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu>
 *
> > * Unsubscribe: <mailto:winmac-off@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu>
 *
>
> --
> Bruce Johnson
> University of Arizona
> College of Pharmacy
> Information Technology Group
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2.4 message/rfc822
>
> > My husband has connected our two computers via a crossover
cable
> >using the 10BASEt port on my Mac. I can only connect to the
network on
> >the Pentium 100 side of my 7200/120 PC Compatible. We can thereby
use
> >each others' printers. I would like to know how to make my Mac
aware of
> >the connection and perhaps use it? Do I need to buy software (I
hope
> >not) or can I use the software I have OS8.0?
>
> You never actually stated what kind of computer your husband is
using,
> but I'm assuming it's a PC. I'm also assuming that you want to use
the
> built in networking on the PC, which normally uses NetBEUI as a
> protocol... in which case you should get a copy of Thursby Systems'
DAVE.
> It's nice and easy, and comes with instructions...
>
> Cheers,
> Liam
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2.5 message/rfc822
>
> "This maps DOS/WIN extensions to macintosh applications." True, but PC
> Exchange never adds an extension (three characters plus a dot) to a
file name.
> Therefore, the extension name must already exsist before PC Exchange
will do
> anything to the file, i.e. map it to a Mac application. "...turn off
PC
> Exchange and see if that works." We now know that this will not make a
> difference (unless you actuall set it up to respond to .hqx files)
and why it
> will not. "...a customer's Mac the program is adding an .hqx
extension to the
> files." StuffIt does this (not PC Exchange). To avoid StuffIt
Expander from
> launching (when double-clicking on a file with an .hqx extension),
simply
> remove the .hqx extension from the name (typically, Mac programs do
not
> associate parent programs via extension names, StuffIt is one
exception I am
> aware of) or open the file via the parent program's open command.
>
> Regards,
> Kurt
>
> Parker, Douglas wrote:
> >
> > On the mac, look at your PC Exchange control panel. This maps
DOS/WIN
> > extensions to macintosh applications.
> >
> > .hqx is the extension for binhex, so Stuffit Expander is the
correct mac
> > program to run. If you need to split the .hqx extension from the
Stuffit
> > application, turn off PC Exchange and see if that works.
> >
> > DP
> > > ----------
> > >
> > > We are using an Intergraph Extreme Z machine for email running
Windows for
> > > NT. We are running Outlook Xpress as our email program. We take
the files
> > > our customers send and transfer them to our Mac. When we receive
files
> > > from
> > > a customer's Mac the program is adding an .hqx extension to the
files.
> > > When
> > > we try to open the files on our Mac it thinks they are
compressed files
> > > and
> > > tries to launch Stuffit Expander. Does anyone have any idea of a
setting
> > > that is causing this? If the files are sent as compressed files
the Mac
> > > can
> > > open them OK.
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2.6 message/rfc822
>
> For the Mac side to see the Win side of the network you will need to
buy a
> copy of DAVE for the Mac, or PCMacLan for the Win computer. I have
a heard
> plusses and minusses about each. Either will work though for you.
> Thomas Hill
>
> In a message dated 12/14/98 7:48:39 AM Central Standard Time,
rjw@eos.net
> writes:
>
> << I would like to know how to make my Mac aware of
> the connection and perhaps use it? Do I need to buy software (I
hope
> not) or can I use the software I have OS8.0? >>
>
> ATTACHMENT part 2.7 message/rfc822
>
>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Subject: Re: [WinMac] Advice request: Dual platform Ethernet schools
> > From: Dan Schwartz <expresso@snip.net>
>
> > A) Despite the things you may be reading, NT's Services for
Macintosh is
> > actually quite good... Just be sure the server is running Service
Pack 4
> > (SP4) to fix the jumping icon problem;
>
> I guess it's because the NT Services for the Mac are so GOOD that MS
> has basically left them untouched since the NT3.51 release? A few
bug-
> fixes, excuse me, Service Packs with some patches and HotFixes aside.
>
> Just wanted to say that we have been using NT as servers for our Macs
> but are now at the point of looking very seriously at G3 servers with
> ASIP 6.1. Getting tired of dealing with the NT antics...
>
> Oh, did I mention all the security holes in NT? One of the reasons we
> need a G3 server is because our NT techies refuse to open up access
> to email over the net - too many holes, they say. One of them is a
leading
> author on NT so I guess he knows ;-) Since NT doesn't come with a
mail
> server, ASIP looks even better.
>
> Either way, I trust OSX to be released before NT5, I mean Win2000,
> the way things are heading at present.
>
> Thomas Kase
>
> accessio.com inc., 33 south main street, #7, south norwalk, ct 06854
> phone: 203.866.4454 fax: 203.866.4546
> email: thomas@accessio.com
>
> \\\\ the bridge to Japan (TM) \\\\
>
_________________________________________________________
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

--=----------next-message-----------=

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b2 on Sun Dec 20 1998 - 15:58:59 PST