Networking Guide
Chapter 1, Networking overview

Serving DOS computers with PC-Interface

Serving DOS computers with PC-Interface

You can provide services from your SCO OpenServer system to computers running DOS or Windows by using PC-Interface. With PC-Interface configured on your SCO OpenServer server and PC-Interface or PC-Interface Plus configured on the client, users can:

DOS users need not know about SCO OpenServer to use host services. They just treat the host system as an enhanced disk drive connected directly to their computers. Users familiar with both the DOS and UNIX operating systems can combine host file services and terminal emulation, toggling back and forth between the two modes. For example, a user could create a text file in host file services mode using a DOS word processing package, then switch to terminal emulation mode to include that file in a UNIX system mail message.

For more information, see Chapter 1, ``Understanding the PC-Interface server'' in the PC-Interface Guide. 

Administering PC-Interface

PC-Interface administration consists of: