Re: Ethernet *AND* Token Ring ???

>Does anybody out here have an AS/400 that is running
>an Ethernet card talking to a Windows NT SNA server that
>has a bunch of Macs hanging off it,

I don't think this should be a problem since an Ethernet card on the AS/400
can be configured for both SNA Server and for Macs (I recommend TCP/IP for
the Macs).

>Also, have a token ring card in the same AS/400
>connected to a Novell 4.0 and SAA server covering the
>PC users side?

This is fine.  The LAN cards are separate entities in the AS400.  SAA is
essentially a gateway as is SNA Server.
>
>Does this work? Is the AS/400 the gateway, then?
>
>How do you pass info from the Mac world to the PC world?
>Can it only be through the shared *common* folder?
>What about data conversion? What if it was a Acrobat PDF file?

Some pgms on Macs and PCs can read/write the same file structures.  System
7.0 allows for Macs to read/write DOS diskettes.  The new MacMidrage Client
from Andrew supports mounted volumes on the AS400 over TCP/IP.  Call if you
need more info.

>Can the data be based in real-time, or does it have to be batched?

This is more complicated but might work through either Novell or MS NT if
they support sharing files on the network.  If so, I don't see why the
Network OS would care technically care which or what kind of client is
opening or sharing a database.
>
>What about data-queues on the Mac side?

This will be supported later this year by MacMidrange Client.

Regards, Jerry


Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400
Representing Synapse, Apple, IBM, UDS, Andrew, MI, DCI, Netsoft, etc.
(415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com

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