rubaiyat
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I have a small network of Macs. 1 running OSX, 1 running OS 9.2 and 2 running OS 8.6. I also have a PC running Windows 2000 with which I would like to share work files (mostly graphics files eg PhotoShop, InDesign, Quark XPress, Illustrator and Dreamweaver but also a large collection of AAC and MP3s). They are all connected via an 8 port 10/100 Ethernet switch. The OSX Mac acts as a router to the Internet.
I would like to be able to hold files in one location (or where they were created) and access and/or edit them from either the PC, OSX Mac or OS9 Mac. The other 2 machines do administrative tasks and open anything that still comes in on floppy.
I would like to avoid the duplication of files that happens when you move them from one place to another. I'd also like common files like fonts, photos, eps, text etc to be available to all machines that can use them.
I've endeavoured to keep file names cross platform with file extensions, but since considerable material comes from 3rd parties, this is not always so.
What is the best networking solution that doesn't involve a dedicated server (although if I must I could set one machine aside) and what is the best method of making sure the files can be opened easily across platforms and OSes?
I have several large external FireWire Drives which can be used as storage (the OSX, OS9 and PC machines all have FireWire).
All advice will be much appreciated, thanks.
I would like to be able to hold files in one location (or where they were created) and access and/or edit them from either the PC, OSX Mac or OS9 Mac. The other 2 machines do administrative tasks and open anything that still comes in on floppy.
I would like to avoid the duplication of files that happens when you move them from one place to another. I'd also like common files like fonts, photos, eps, text etc to be available to all machines that can use them.
I've endeavoured to keep file names cross platform with file extensions, but since considerable material comes from 3rd parties, this is not always so.
What is the best networking solution that doesn't involve a dedicated server (although if I must I could set one machine aside) and what is the best method of making sure the files can be opened easily across platforms and OSes?
I have several large external FireWire Drives which can be used as storage (the OSX, OS9 and PC machines all have FireWire).
All advice will be much appreciated, thanks.