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Hello, I plan on building a mini mac lab in my room this
year using 1st gen imacs seeing as how they are selling for
next to nothing on ebay. My question is "How do I create a
common drive between the computers so that files can be
shared between the different computers?" any help on this
topic would be great.
Q's that need answers before giving more help Neal (M) /blockquote>

Will there be internet access? Printing to a common printer?

You'll need ethernet cables between the machines and a router
or switch. (Switch is faster - does your building have a
network? A SYSOP or NETADMIN would probably want/insist on
being a part of this setup if you had plans to connect to
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Jun 19, 2007
rribaudo /blockquote>

Thanks Neal, I will probably be using a maximum of 4 computers so this should
work fine. I have a router packed away and I hope that we will have internet access
by the start of the year (new school site). Thanks again.
On 6/19/07, Q's that need answers before giving more help Neal (M) wrote:
> Will there ...See More
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but you'll see a decrease in speed (M) Neal /blockquote>

If all users are on different sites. By caching on the
master machine it might not be as noticeable if all were on
the same site.

N.

On 6/19/07, rribaudo wrote:
> Thanks Neal, I will probably be using a maximum of 4 computers
so this should
> work fine. I have a router packed away an...See More
Jun 19, 2007


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