Re: [WinMac] Re: Internet via DOS Card (WinMac Digest #194 - 01/12/99)

Liam Helmer(liamh[at]axion.net)
Wed, 13 Jan 99 12:34:10 -0800

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>>Using TCP/IP in Virtual PC along with the MacOS
>>itself is quite easy, as long as you use two different
>>IP-addresses
>
>This is interesting, because I'm using TCP/IP on my Mac with
>an IP address -- and I also use the same IP address in
>Virtual PC. I have experienced no problems at all.
>
>THOUGH, most of the time when I use Virtual PC, I reboot
>with a minimal system disk on a Jaz drive and with VPC
>renamed "Finder" in the system folder (also having changed
>VPC's file TYPE and CREATOR to the Finder's. I've deleted
>the original Finder from the system folder). This eliminates
>the overhead of the Finder app, and boots you right to
>Windows. Seems to run a lot faster that way, too.

Well, it works fine that way, because you haven't tried using TCP/IP in
both at the same time. As soon as you do, both OS's will try to catch the
signals... and it could get very messy.

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