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From: heath@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Todd Heatherton)
Date: Thu, 18-Aug-88 15:55:34 EDT
Message-ID: <1988Aug18.155534.1725@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Subject: Mac_DOS Connectivity
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Keywords: Summary (sort of)

I recently posted a question about the best way to connect macs
to IBMs.  I was swamped with requests for any information obtained
although I was supplied with relatively little information.  The
most common advice was to set up a TOPS system, followed by MacLink
and modem-to-modem connection (the cheapest way) using Red-Ryder/Procomm
or other PD communications packages.  Interested persons should look
at September's MacUser, which features a section on connectivity (a 
nice, new buzzword!).  Does anyone envision the day when you slip your
3 1/2" diskette into either machine and it will read the information which
is appropriate (i.e. standard formatting).  Is such a thing possible? Is
such a thing desirable?