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Article: LANtastic for Mac: not enough of a good thing. (Artisoft Inc.'s network operating system) (Software Review) (Evaluation)

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LANtastic for Macintosh 1.0

Far from perfect, but still useful, LANtastic for Macintosh brings file and printer sharing to hybrid AppleTalk/LANtastic networks.

Artisoft Inc. 691 E. River Rd. Tucson, AZ 85704 1-800-846-9726; (602) 293-4000 FAX: (602) 293-8065

Sugg. List Price: Bundledd with Farallon Computing Inc.'s PhoneNET Card PC Local-Talk network adapter--$799; software only--$599

On the face of it, the wedding of LANtastic, the most popular peer-to-peer network, to the Macintosh sounds like a match made in heaven. The reality is a little different. While there's no doubt that Artisoft's latest networking entry can make the ...

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