#PC-SGI networking
I'm looking for the section for the undisclosed PC-and-SGI-based product… Do
I need to be approved to find it?
Meanwhile, here's a message I also posted in the Asoft forum, regarding a way
to connect PCs and SGIs. I'm not sure if it works with the above SGI product,
but I'll explore.
..
Now I can tell you all about Samba. I'd heard about it before, and found the
source code (but not binaries) for the SGI before I had the C compiler for the
SGI, so I couldn't use it.
It's a NetBEUI-based system for mounting the SGI's file system on a PC running
any form of LAN Manager, including the simple DOS version, the straight Windows
for Workgroups version, or WinNT. You also need the TCP/IP stack in there,
too.
Interestingly, most of these components are now handed out *for free* from
Microsoft. (I.e., you can get LAN Manager client software for DOS, the Windows
TCP/IP stack, etc. on ftp.microsoft.com, and I know I've seen most of these
things in Microsoft's libraries here on CIS, too.)
I compiled it for the SGI, configured a few files, and presto, now I've got a
K: drive under WinNT that's actually my SGI's filesystem. (I've yet to try it
under straight Windows or DOS, but I suspect it will still work.)
I was exploring alternatives to buying PC-NFS and updating the SGI's license to
include an NSF server. Samba has saved me a lot of money, not to mention the
time and hassle of shopping for and configuring PC-NFS.
Samba is also available for Linux, among many other Unix variants, making it an
easy way to connect your Linux box to your PCs. It also does printer sharing.