Re: [WinMac] Serious work with Windows emulation.

thorstadj(thorstadj[at]macconnect.com)
Sun, 20 Dec 1998 23:21:19 -0700

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>>2) Is it possible to connect two Macs running RealPC, SoftWindows, Virtual
>>PC (I know VPC is not scriptable) or an OrangePC card together on the
>>Windows side if they both have Ethernet cards (PCMCIA or serial)? Can this
>>process be done through a combination of AppleScript and MS-DOS commands
>>each time the two Macs startup?
>>
>
>I'm not sure what you mean here.
>
>With VPC, the emulated PC has access to the ethernet and you configure it
>just
>as you would a standalone PC -- for example, control panels, network,
>protocols, tcp/ip, properties . . .
>
>So, the two Macs can connect just as any two Macs might connect, and the two
>"PC"s can connect just as any two PCs might connect.

Yes, this should work just fine. You need remember to give each computer
its own IP address. That means 4 in this situation, 2 Macs and 2 VPCs.

Jeff T
thorstadj@macconnect.com

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