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For sites using tcp/ip (like Steve Hilliard), what programs are you using to
support ftp? For DOS PCs, does your ftp software run under Windows? Are you
using a single file server (that runs ftp in server mode, i.e. runs an ftp
daemon) with all other computers acting as clients? If so, what kind of
computer are you using for a file server? Are you implementing a peer-to-
peer network, such that all computers run ftp in server mode at all times?
Are you using lpr/lpd to support printer sharing? If so, what programs are
you using to support lpr/lpd? Are you implementing a single printer server,
or peer-to-peer printer sharing?
Why all the questions? Currently we are using Pathworks on a MicroVAX II
to implement a single file/printer server. The MicroVAX is about 7 years
old, and we just lost our RD54 system disk. Nobody makes RD54 disks
anymore, but a few places sell them as "refurbished", in a market where
there are few RD54s yet high demand. We purchased a new system disk, but
I fear my data disk will crash soon, and I don't want to keep putting money
into maintaining a "legacy" system (i.e., something that's so outdated you
soon won't be able to buy parts for it anymore).
So, my options are: (1) buy a new Pathworks server from DEC and spend more
money on software licensing than the computer itself (ack!), or (2) abandon
DEC and Pathworks completely and start over. Due to my previous experiences
with DEC, option (2) looks much brighter. And, as Steve pointed out, most
computers will run a free version of tcp/ip software. Also, almost every
computer will run some version of tcp/ip, even the HP340, while not all
computers will run Pathworks, like the HP340.
/\/\/\_ Eric Van Buren, vanburen%flovax.dnet@rocdec.roc.wayne.edu
\ \ \ Immunology & Microbiology, 313 577 1009
\_^_/ Wayne State University, 313 577 1155 fax
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