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From: geller@eli.UUCP (David P. Geller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: UNIX as a PC file server
Message-ID: <111@eli.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 03:54:27 EST
Article-I.D.: eli.111
Posted: Thu Jan 15 03:54:27 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Jan-87 00:45:04 EST
Organization: Electric Logic, Inc., Washington, D.C.
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Keywords: unix pc fileserver lan

Has anyone crafted a simple fileserver mechanism using a fairly
generic version of UNIX and one or more PC's. I'm looking for
something that is close to being functionally equivalent to
Suns NFS-PCNFS environment without a LAN - using serial lines.
This would require, I imagine, the following:

	* an interface and protocol between the UNIX and PC system(s)
	* a device driver for the PC
	* a few primative application programs for the PC, sharedmail,
	  sharedfile, etc.

I would hope that PC and UNIX could talk fairly well, albeit slowly,
at, say, 19K with a protocol that does stream compression. Any pointers?

Remember - something so that a PC can just copy and use drive d:, for
example --- not someone logging into UNIX and using Xmodem, Kermit, etc.
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