| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Foreword | p. xix |
| Introduction | p. xxiii |
| Integration Basics | p. 1 |
| The Goals of Cross-Platform Integration | p. 3 |
| Why Integrate? | p. 4 |
| The Right Tool for the Right Job | p. 5 |
| Drawbacks to Going Mixed-Platform | p. 7 |
| Defining Your Goals | p. 7 |
| Framing the Decision | p. 9 |
| What's Next | p. 10 |
| Integration Philosophies | p. 13 |
| What Goes Into an Integration Philosophy | p. 14 |
| A Look at Integration Philosophies | p. 15 |
| Integrating a Little at a Time | p. 15 |
| Designing Cross-Platform from the Ground Up | p. 16 |
| "Make the Macs connect, but Don't Touch my NT Server" | p. 17 |
| "Nobody Ever Got Fired for Buying Microsoft" | p. 17 |
| Keeping a Mostly Mac Shop, Sprinkle with Windows | p. 18 |
| Cross-Platform Myths | p. 18 |
| Untrue Truisms | p. 21 |
| What's Next | p. 22 |
| View from the Top | p. 25 |
| Personnel and Training | p. 26 |
| What to Teach People | p. 26 |
| How to do Cross-Platform Training | p. 31 |
| Integration Technology Issues | p. 33 |
| A System View of Cross-Platform Issues | p. 33 |
| A Task-Based View of Cross-Platform Issues | p. 36 |
| The Effects of Upgrades | p. 38 |
| Differences in Terminology | p. 40 |
| Areas of Compatibility | p. 41 |
| Integration is Getting Easier | p. 43 |
| Exchanging Files | p. 45 |
| Sharing Storage Media | p. 47 |
| Differences: Mac and Windows Drivers and Formatting | p. 49 |
| Mac and PC Drivers | p. 49 |
| Mac and PC Disk Formatting | p. 50 |
| Mounting PC Disks with PC Exchange | p. 51 |
| PC Exchange Version History | p. 51 |
| Mounting PC Storage Devices with PC Exchange | p. 54 |
| Using and Formatting PC Floppies on Macs | p. 55 |
| Using 1.6 MB Windows Floppies (DMF) on Macs | p. 56 |
| Corruption of PC Floppy Disks | p. 57 |
| Using Windows SCSI and USB Drives on Macintosh | p. 58 |
| Volume Size Limitations | p. 59 |
| Mounting PC Removable Cartridges in the Finder | p. 59 |
| Mounting Multiple-Partition Cross-platform Disks | p. 61 |
| Formatting PC SCSI or USB Disks | p. 62 |
| Using PC SCSI Devices with x86 Coprocessor Cards | p. 65 |
| Reading PC CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Discs on Macs | p. 65 |
| Using DOS-Formatted PCMCIA Cards in PowerBooks | p. 67 |
| Using Macintosh Disks on Windows PCs | p. 68 |
| Just the First Step | p. 70 |
| Working with Foreign Files | p. 73 |
| Differences: Macintosh and Windows Files | p. 74 |
| Viewing Windows Long File Names on Macs | p. 76 |
| Windows 95/98 Long File Names on CD-ROM | p. 77 |
| Converting Mac Files Names to Windows File Names | p. 78 |
| Opening Windows Files on Macintosh | p. 80 |
| Viewing and Editing the Type and Creator Codes | p. 82 |
| Extension Mapping with PC Exchange | p. 88 |
| Opening PC Files with File Exchange/Mac OS Easy Open | p. 95 |
| Translating Files | p. 99 |
| Mac OS Translators | p. 100 |
| The Document Converter | p. 101 |
| Translating with MacLinkPlus 10 or Later | p. 103 |
| MacLinkPlus Setup Control Panel | p. 104 |
| Translating Files on Windows | p. 106 |
| Single-Purpose Translators | p. 107 |
| Translation Problem Areas | p. 108 |
| Graphics Translation | p. 110 |
| Graphics Translator Products for Mac and Windows | p. 111 |
| Flattening Mac Multimedia Files for Windows | p. 113 |
| Using Fonts with Macs and PCs | p. 114 |
| Text Reflow Due to Different Fonts | p. 114 |
| Font Families and Styles | p. 116 |
| Ligatures | p. 116 |
| What's Next | p. 117 |
| Exchanging Files Electronically Between Mac and Windows | p. 119 |
| Differences: Attaching Files to Email Messages | p. 120 |
| Encoding: From Mac to Windows users | p. 122 |
| MacBinary Encoding | p. 124 |
| Decoding Enclosures from Windows Users | p. 125 |
| Automatic Decoding with MacLinkPlus | p. 126 |
| Cracking Open Encoded Files | p. 127 |
| Working with Foreign File Compression Formats | p. 130 |
| ZIP Compression/Decompression for Mac OS | p. 131 |
| Windows Utilities that Decompress/Compress Mac Archives | p. 136 |
| When Not to Decompress Mac files on Windows Machines | p. 140 |
| Disabling Auto decoding/decompression in Internet Explorer | p. 141 |
| Disabling Auto decoding/decompression in Navigator | p. 143 |
| Receiving PC Compressed Files on Macintosh | p. 144 |
| What's Next | p. 144 |
| Cross-Platform Networking Infrastructure | p. 145 |
| Network Interface Hardware | p. 147 |
| Differences: Network Interface Hardware | p. 148 |
| Ethernet | p. 149 |
| Making Ethernet Connections | p. 151 |
| Ethernet Cross-Over Cables | p. 152 |
| LocalTalk | p. 153 |
| LocalTalk Connections in Macs | p. 154 |
| LocalTalk for PCs | p. 155 |
| Other Network Interface Hardware | p. 156 |
| Fast Ethernet | p. 156 |
| Gigabit Ethernet | p. 157 |
| Token Ring | p. 158 |
| Wireless Networking | p. 158 |
| Installing Network Interface Cards | p. 161 |
| Reconfiguring an IRQ Setting in Windows 95/98/NT | p. 163 |
| Selecting Network Interfaces in Software | p. 165 |
| Building on Infrastructure | p. 168 |
| Macintosh Networking Basics | p. 171 |
| Mac OS Network Software: Open Transport | p. 172 |
| Running Open Transport | p. 174 |
| Creating Multiple Configurations | p. 176 |
| TCP/IP Software | p. 178 |
| TCP/IP Control Panel | p. 178 |
| Remote Access (or PPP) Control Panel | p. 180 |
| Alternatives to Remote Access and PPP Control Panels | p. 181 |
| TCP/IP Printing | p. 182 |
| Sharing Files with TCP/IP--Personal Web Sharing | p. 183 |
| Apple Talk and AppleShare | p. 186 |
| AppleTalk Addressing | p. 186 |
| AppleTalk Printing | p. 188 |
| AppleShare and AFP | p. 190 |
| A View the Other Side | p. 197 |
| Windows Networking Basics | p. 199 |
| A Brief History of Windows Networking | p. 200 |
| The Network Dialog Box | p. 201 |
| Standard Microsoft Networking Protocols | p. 203 |
| Installing Protocols | p. 204 |
| A Brief Word about Apple Talk | p. 207 |
| TCP/IP on Windows | p. 207 |
| NetBIOS and NetBEUI | p. 209 |
| IPX/SPX | p. 210 |
| Standard Microsoft SMB Networking Services | p. 212 |
| Installing and Configuring the Client software | p. 213 |
| Accessing a Network with the Network Neighborhood | p. 216 |
| Accessing a Network through My Computer and Elsewhere | p. 218 |
| Installing File Sharing | p. 219 |
| Giving the Computer a Name | p. 220 |
| Setting up Access Control | p. 221 |
| Selecting Directories and Printers to Share | p. 222 |
| The Next Step | p. 223 |
| Integrating TCP/IP on Mac and Windows | p. 225 |
| Differences: TCP/IP Configuration Windows | p. 226 |
| Configuring TCP/IP in Cross-Platform Networks | p. 229 |
| The Rules of IP Addressing | p. 230 |
| Automatic IP Configuration without a Server | p. 231 |
| Dynamic IP Addressing with a DHCP Server | p. 232 |
| Subnet mask | p. 236 |
| IP Router | p. 236 |
| DNS Settings | p. 237 |
| MacIP: Encapsulating TCP/IP Inside AppleTalk | p. 239 |
| Windows NT Virtual Private Networks | p. 241 |
| Newer Virtual Private Network Standards | p. 242 |
| Internet Gateways and Proxy Servers | p. 243 |
| Cross-Platform Gateway/Proxy Products | p. 245 |
| Problems with Macs and Microsoft Proxy Server | p. 247 |
| What's Next | p. 249 |
| Macintosh and Windows NT and Other Servers | p. 251 |
| Windows NT Server and Macintosh | p. 253 |
| Windows NT Server Overview | p. 254 |
| NT Server Features and Concepts | p. 256 |
| Windows NT Interface | p. 256 |
| The Registry | p. 258 |
| NT Server's Protocol Support | p. 259 |
| NT Networking Services | p. 261 |
| Windows NT Domains | p. 263 |
| Basic NT Server Administration Tools | p. 264 |
| Services for Macintosh Basics | p. 266 |
| A Look at Windows 2000 Server SFM | p. 268 |
| File Services for Macintosh | p. 269 |
| NTFS Drive Benefits | p. 270 |
| Remote Access | p. 271 |
| Virtual Private Networks | p. 271 |
| Windows 2000 Server Management | p. 272 |
| Installing and Running AppleTalk on NT Server | p. 273 |
| Installing Services for Macintosh | p. 274 |
| Setting up an AppleTalk Router | p. 277 |
| Creating Zones | p. 279 |
| Reasons Not to Run a Router on NT Server | p. 280 |
| Stopping and Starting the AppleTalk Protocol | p. 281 |
| Running File Server for Macintosh | p. 282 |
| Creating a Macintosh Volume on Windows NT Server | p. 283 |
| Handling Mac Files on NT Server | p. 289 |
| Installing the Optional Macintosh Client Software | p. 293 |
| Disconnecting Users | p. 294 |
| Running Print Server for Macintosh | p. 296 |
| Enabling Windows clients to print to AppleTalk Printers | p. 296 |
| Enabling Macs to print to non-Postscript printers | p. 300 |
| Blocking Mac Access to Server-Connected Printers | p. 301 |
| Speeding up Services for Macintosh Performance | p. 303 |
| Add More RAM | p. 304 |
| Raise the Priority of Services for Macintosh | p. 305 |
| Maximize Priorities for Network Applications | p. 306 |
| Lower Priority of Foreground Applications | p. 307 |
| Speed up the Mac Clients with Mac OS 8.5 and Later | p. 307 |
| Dealing with Services for Macintosh Problems | p. 308 |
| Windows NT Bugs Fixes and Upgrades | p. 308 |
| The Jumping Icons Bug | p. 311 |
| Disappearing Icons | p. 312 |
| Mac Clients "Hang" While Connected to the Server | p. 314 |
| Trash that won't go away | p. 317 |
| Macs can only see 2 GB of bigger volumes | p. 318 |
| Remote Possibilities | p. 319 |
| Remote Access | p. 321 |
| Differences: Remote Access Capabilities on Macintosh and Windows | p. 322 |
| Configuring PPP on Mac and Windows Clients | p. 324 |
| Getting PPP Ready | p. 324 |
| Entering Telephone and Connection Information | p. 327 |
| Apple Remote Access Servers | p. 329 |
| Remote Windows File Sharing with Mac Networks | p. 330 |
| Wincows Remote Access Service (RAS) | p. 332 |
| Mac PPP Connection to Remote Access Services (RAS) | p. 332 |
| Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) | p. 336 |
| Macintosh Remote Access to NT File and Printer Services | p. 336 |
| Old-Fashioned Remote Access: Modem-to-Modem Connections | p. 337 |
| Modem File Transfer Protocols | p. 339 |
| Encoding | p. 340 |
| Beyond NT | p. 340 |
| NT Alternatives: Other File Servers | p. 343 |
| AppleShare (AFP) over IP | p. 344 |
| Accessing AFP Over IP Servers from a Mac Client | p. 345 |
| AppleShare IP | p. 347 |
| AppleShare IP File Access and Security | p. 348 |
| Enabling Windows Networking | p. 350 |
| Handling Naming Conventions | p. 352 |
| Accessing AFP Servers on IP with ShareWay IP | p. 353 |
| Mac OS X Server | p. 355 |
| A Brief History of Mac OS X Server | p. 356 |
| What's in Mac OS X Server | p. 357 |
| UNIX and Linux as Cross-Platform Servers | p. 360 |
| A Brief History of UNIX and LINUX | p. 360 |
| UNIX vs. Windows NT as a Server | p. 362 |
| Commercial AFP/SMB for UNIX | p. 363 |
| Free AFP servers for UNIX and Linux | p. 368 |
| Server Appliances | p. 369 |
| Novell NetWare | p. 371 |
| Macintosh Support in NetWare 4 and Earlier | p. 373 |
| Prosoft NetWare Client 5.12 for Mac OS and Beyond | p. 374 |
| Problems with Novell NetWare Client 5.11 | p. 375 |
| Looking Ahead | p. 379 |
| Cross-Platform Clients | p. 381 |
| One-to-One Mac-Windows Connections | p. 382 |
| Software for a Null-Modem or Direct-Modem Link | p. 383 |
| Serial Null-Modem Connection | p. 386 |
| Direct Modem-to-Modem Connection | p. 389 |
| Making an Ethernet Connection without a Hub | p. 390 |
| Peer-to-Peer and Client Strategies | p. 392 |
| Miramar System's PC MacLAN | p. 393 |
| Drivers and Clients | p. 393 |
| PC MacLAN Print Client and Servers | p. 394 |
| PC MacLAN File Server | p. 396 |
| Moving Files Between Platforms with PC MacLAN | p. 397 |
| COPSTalk | p. 399 |
| Thursby System's DAVE | p. 401 |
| Installing and Using DAVE | p. 402 |
| DAVE Printing | p. 403 |
| What's Next | p. 405 |
| Cross-Platform Printing | p. 407 |
| Differences: Printer Drivers and Languages | p. 408 |
| Using Postscript | p. 411 |
| PPD Files | p. 413 |
| Advantages of Postscript Over PCL | p. 414 |
| Using Postscript on Windows | p. 416 |
| Using PCL | p. 420 |
| Mac Printing to PC Printers | p. 421 |
| Using PC MacLAN to Share PC Printers with Macs | p. 424 |
| Printing to PC Printers with Thursby's DAVE | p. 428 |
| QuickDraw Printers and Windows | p. 428 |
| TCP/IP Printing | p. 429 |
| Setting up a TCP/IP on a Printer | p. 430 |
| Configuring IP Printing on Mac | p. 431 |
| IP Printing with DAVE on Macintosh | p. 434 |
| Configuring IP Printing on Windows NT | p. 435 |
| LPR/LPD Printing for Windows 3.x/95/98 | p. 437 |
| AppleTalk Printing for Windows | p. 438 |
| Print Servers | p. 439 |
| Built-in AppleTalk of Windows NT/2000 | p. 439 |
| PC AppleTalk Printing with DAVE for Macintosh | p. 441 |
| AppleTalk Printing with PC MacLAN for Windows | p. 442 |
| AppleTalk Printing with COPSTalk for Windows | p. 443 |
| Special Connection Methods | p. 445 |
| USB Printing | p. 445 |
| IRDA Printing | p. 448 |
| Looking Ahead | p. 451 |
| Using Foreign Operating Systems | p. 453 |
| Operating Systems: Using Emulators and Coprocessors | p. 455 |
| Why Run Windows on a Macintosh | p. 456 |
| Differences: Emulators vs. Coprocessor Cards | p. 459 |
| Costs | p. 459 |
| Performance | p. 461 |
| Similarities: Running Windows on Mac OS | p. 465 |
| Using PC Emulators | p. 470 |
| Compatibility with PC Software | p. 472 |
| Mac Processors and Emulation Speed | p. 473 |
| Eighteen Tips for Optimizing Emulator Speed | p. 474 |
| Configuring Emulator Memory | p. 480 |
| Gaming and 3Dfx Cards for Emulators | p. 483 |
| Emulator Ease-of-Use | p. 484 |
| Peripheral Device Support | p. 486 |
| Networking from an Emulator | p. 486 |
| Installing and Running Windows NT on Virtual PC | p. 488 |
| Using Coprocessor Cards | p. 498 |
| Using Orange Micro's OrangePC Cards | p. 500 |
| Tips for Optimizing OrangePC Cards | p. 505 |
| Apple, Reply, and Radius Coprocessor Cards | p. 507 |
| Running Mac Software on PCs | p. 513 |
| Emulators on UNIX and Other OSs | p. 518 |
| Another Approach | p. 521 |
| Network Application Sharing and Thin Clients | p. 523 |
| Using Timbuktu Pro | p. 525 |
| When to Use Timbuktu | p. 527 |
| Connecting with Timbuktu Pro | p. 529 |
| NetMeeting Application Sharing | p. 531 |
| Administration and Windows NT Networks | p. 532 |
| Enterprise Edition | p. 533 |
| Multi-User Application Sharing Solutions: Thin-Client/Server | p. 533 |
| Differences: X Window and WinFrame/MetaFrame | p. 534 |
| X Window Solutions | p. 535 |
| Citrix WinFrame/MetaFrame ICA Solutions | p. 542 |
| NT Services for Macintosh and WinFrame/MetaFrame | p. 546 |
| Looking Ahead | p. 547 |
| Sharing Monitors and Mixing Keyboards | p. 549 |
| Differences: Monitors, Keyboards, and Mice | p. 550 |
| Monitor Differences | p. 551 |
| Keyboard and Mouse Differences | p. 552 |
| Sharing Monitors with Switch Boxes | p. 553 |
| Ghosting Problems and Cables | p. 554 |
| Monitors with Built-in BNC switches | p. 555 |
| Cross-Platform Use of Keyboards and Mice | p. 556 |
| Keyboard Switching | p. 556 |
| Keyboard Converters | p. 560 |
| USB Keyboards and Mice | p. 561 |
| USB Drivers | p. 562 |
| Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions | p. 565 |
| Problems with Files | p. 566 |
| File Sharing Problems | p. 572 |
| Mac Printing with Windows NT Server | p. 574 |
| Networking Problems | p. 577 |
| Emulation | p. 581 |
| Index | p. 583 |
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