| From: | Mark Bond |
| Date: | 9 Aug 2000 at 10:28:31 |
| Subject: | Re: Samba!!!! |
--- In amigactive@egroups.com, Bart King <bart@b...> wrote:
> At 07-Aug-00 11:59:58, "Lewis Brunton" <lbrunton@y...> wrote:
>
> > 1)Can you run samba on a 3.11 PC?
>
> No.
>
Actually yes you can, Windows 3.11 (without networking ) can have the
dos msclient stuff installed (downloadable from MS website) whilst
it's not actually samba it's the same thing.
Windows 3.11 (with networking) you just select Microsoft Networking
in
windows and setup as per normal (for a MS network).
> Well, Windows 3.11 (a "special edition" of Windows 3.1 to use a more
> modern buzz-phrase) had networking added to it at very simple levels
> (although ground-breaking at the time). 3.11 does not include
Dial-Up
> Networking for a start - this was a feature of Win95.
>
No you need a product called Trumpet Winsock, this is the equivalent
of dial up networking and had a nice walk through interface. And for
a
local interface you don't need dial-up-networking.
> If you want to network Windows 3.11 to anything, you have to use
> Ethernet cards, and installing the TCP/IP protocol is not easy (also
> not standard for 3.11!).
I must admit I do not know of a serial driver for the TCP/IP stacks
available, but you can probably find one on one of the many sites
(tucows or winsite etc.)
>
> An Amiga 600 is more advanced than Windows 3.11 (when Miami is
> installed :).
>
Hey An A600 with Miami installed is more advanced than most OS's ;-)
Mark
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