Networking

If you want to connect a PC to a Mac, check out these networking links or consider a product (find the one best suited to your needs) from DataViz.

Plays With Others

There are many ways for a Mac to run Windows, and many ways (like DataViz) for a Mac to convert files from Windows or many other platforms.

  • MacWindows is the source for cross-platform answers.

  • Also cross-platform, you may want RAS on Mac for Windows NT.

    • Support, Help, Info

    You'll need more of this than a Mac user, in my experience as a help desk consultant, a systems administrator, and a network flunkie. Check out the testimonials at Why Macs Are Better. I'm not making this up!

  • Helpanswers is an online computer support and tutorial site.

  • Information SuperLibrary: Talk to Us

  • Pentone makes a nifty product called ModPeek32 that lets you view dependencies between apps and dlls and whatnots.

  • The Ping o' Death Page
    (Actually, this is anti-help, but it's handy to know what can go drastically wrong.)

  • SUPPORTHELP.COM

  • Windows95 Annoyances will help you solve all those annoying issues. This is as close to one-stop shopping for Win95 help as I have seen.
    If that link doesn't work, try here: Windows95 Annoyances and the (far worse) Windows98 Annoyances.

  • NaugTy Lies: Windows NT Lies because if you're thinking of installing WindowsNT as an improvement, you might want to know what's going to go wrong.

    • Viruses

    There are 19 viruses for the Macintosh, not counting the Microsoft macro viruses that are cross-platform.

  • SARC - Virus Alerts

  • Virus hoaxes are being quite common. Check with CIAC for updates on hoaxes. Another good site for information on viruses and hoaxes is Symantec's Antivirus Research Center (SARC). For more information on just hoaxes, look here for an amusing version.

  • CIAC also has a reference on macro viruses and what to do about them.

  • As a consultant, I would recommend F-PROT to PC users. F-Prot is a free service of Datafellows, and has information about viuses and hoaxes as well.

    • Compression

    The old standby, PKZip 2.04g, does not handle long filenames (Windows95). However, UnZip from InfoZip and PKZip 2.5 for Windows will.

  • InfoZip

  • PKZip

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    Created: May 1, 1997
    Last Revised: February 1, 1999

    This URL: http://www.bme.unc.edu/~hope/linx/mac/pc.html
    Copyright 1997 by Joni Julian