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Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 17:02:43 -0700
From: Neal <lbneal AT pysmatic DOT net>
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Thomas -

Whats the name/URL for "DOS LanManager" ????

It's impossible to find anything on MicroSoft.Com :=)

Neal
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Thomas Webb wrote:
> 
> DOS LanManager will run over DRDOS, and is downloadable free from
> Microsoft. It provides direct connectivity between DRDOS/Windows3x and
> Win95 via smb protcol (Network Neighborhood) It's not a bad way to go if
> you have a mix of DRDOS and Windoze machines on the same network. Works
> fine with Samba/Linux also
> 
> Bernie wrote:
> >
> > Matthias wrote:
> > >You can share printers with PNW as well as with NetWare. You need
> > >to create print queues on the server (where the printers are physically
> > >connected), and can then directly print into these queue from the
> > >applications on the client (if they support printing in queues), or you can
> > >capture ports LPT1:..LPT3: and redirect everything that is send to these
> > >devices into the networking queues.
> >
> > Also worth to note is that if you want to print from Windows (3.x - I
> > haven't tried with Win9x and it's reported to not work) you need to choose
> > a port (LPT1 for instance) to be redirected to the printer on the network
> > (this is easiest added to autoexec.bat). To be able to print you will then
> > need to install the printer drivers in Windows and choose the port as
> > LPTx.DOS (LPT1.DOS in this case).
> > //Bernie
> 
> --
> Tom Webb
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