Chapter 20. Networking

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Before the dot-com craze, before e-mail, before the Web, Macs were networking. In the mid-1980s Macs were networked together, exchanging files and sharing printers at a time when most PC users were considering whether to switch from command-line DOS to this new Windows thing. These days, networking is sending e-mail, doing file sharing and group scheduling, and sharing Internet access among a group of Macs.

The secret of Mac networking success has always been a combination of built-in hardware and operating-system features—built-in networking hardware controlled by operating-system software Apple designed specifically for it. Mac OS 9 gives you networking features such as file ...

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