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From: jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: CD-ROM Jukebox on the Network
Date: 2 May 1994 12:55:47 -0400
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>OPTI-NET is my first choice for a dedicated solution but the expense of an
>additional workstation just to service CD-ROMs is prohibitive.

Didn't OPTI-NET require special drivers on every CLIENT as well
as the server (above and beyond the netware drivers)?

>If I attach everything to the server, I could use SCSI Express, but it's so
>damn expensive.

I vaguely recall that at a previous job, the netware server adminstrator
was using SCSI express in preferance to all other NLM drivers.
The drivers for the CD-ROMs allowed netware clients to use the
CD-ROMS via the network with no change of client software.

Of course, I think this is all silly since Unix has had
peer to peer netowrking for years, so ANY of the machines
may export the CD-ROM.
-- 
Jeffrey Jonas
jeffj@panix.com