Tossing a bunch of computers together & getting Instant Network is one of those things that MacOS has always been good at. :-) In your shoes, I would try to put the newer (i.e. more powerful) Macs on the desks and distribute the older ones to use as small-group file servers. At a previous job, I "built" a server out of a Mac II that was sufficient for a four-person workgroup; we used it as our day-to-day file server because the company not-work was so flaky & access to the "real" file servers was hit-or-miss. Myra (since our office was on Breckinridge Road) ran MacOS 7.1 and standard AppleShare. Hook it up, create some logins, it doesn't get much quicker than that.
If you're set on running Linux or BSD, there are programs that will let you build your own distribution containing just the packages you want. Set up one server the way you like & copy that configuration to all the rest. I think BYOD (Build Your Own Distro) is the name of one.
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I've done some of that already, most of the networks I'm dealing with now look like the refugees from "AI". Windows 95 and XP (which don't get along well) and os 8+.
I'll look into the build your own distro. -- ................................................................................. Mark Tourtellott :: Art : Illustration : Media : Design [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mokturtle.net
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