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> In article <blrhq0$60q$1@news.ensta.fr>,
> "Saint-André Pierre-Claude" <standre@ensta.fr> wrote:
>

> > I want to see a nas ( \\nasxxx\share ) in internet explorer for macos9

>
> I'm not sure what a "nas" is, but from what you have written, I'm
> guessing you are carrying over a poor usage habit from the Windows
> world. In the Windows world, IE is your file browser and your web
> browser. Gets very weird indeed, as in this case.
>
> I think you are actually trying to access a share on a Windows machine.
> In that case, back when I last used OS 9 to do this (which, I admit, was
> some years ago), I needed to install Dave <http://www.thursby.com/>.
>
> Check it out, and remember, Internet Explorer is not the file browser
> for Mac OS (regardless of version). The 'Finder' is. Makes a lot of
> sense, really. Nonetheless, the \\server\share syntax looks like Windows
> sharing syntax (CIFS or SMB), which in OS 9, requires 3rd party software
> to access (last I checked).
>
> --
> Heath
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