Networking DOS to Unix (Know about commercial products...)

[IT Manager]

In article <24479 at well.sf.ca.us>, nlane at well.sf.ca.us (Nathan D. Lane) writes:
> 
> I would like to know if anyone knows anything about making a Unix machine
> a file server for a DOS-based network.  I'm trying to hide Unix boxes
> as network file servers until the world realizes how great Unix is :)!
> I know about PC-Interface and PC-NFS, but the licensing fees are very, very
> stiff - why would anyone want Unix at $300.00 a pop if they could have
> Novell for less?  Any PD products on the net?  They just need to provide

I'm not sure what you mean here.  If you already have the Unix machine,
adding the PC-Interface server ($450, which includes one $195 DOS Bridge
package), and how many ever DOS Bridges (at $195) would only be more
expensive than Novell if you were talking about more than say 25 PC's.  Not to
mention the fact that you'd have to have another machine to be the Novell
server, which also ties up financial resources.

I'm not saying PC-Interface is the best solution (we're going to use it,
cause it's small, simple, and we can get the server code for both SCO Unix
and HP-UX without paying a fortune), but I don't think it's as
uncompetive against Novell as you mention above.

> Unix file and print services to PCs via a PC-style F: mapped drive to
> a Unix file-system (Telnet on TCP/IP won't do, these people want to see
> DOS, dir, copy, word, etc....)

I have seen SCO's Lan Manager/X listed in catalogs, but I don't know if it's
shipping yet.  This would also provide what you're looking for.  It's
licensed in "user chunks", so you may have to pay for more users than
you need.
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James B. O'Connor			jim at tiamat.fsc.com
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