toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (10/24/89)
ok, but that still doesn't answer my question, what's the best upgrade path from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2; why is 5.0.2 so much better (bug fixes?) and more importantly, why does the Appleshare FST REQUIRE AFP 2.0 on the server?? For booting I could understand, but AFP as defined in Inside Appletalk is more than sufficient, and with the lovely file-type encoding (at last, encapsulation standards from Apple!) there is NO reason why the //gs could not imitate a mac in terms of the packets it sends out. Also, why is the Appleshare code so huge? (or does 5.0.2 fix that?) It must be compiled or something because the original 128k mac had no problems, and I know it can't take 50K just to long into file servers! (Appleshare CDEV is 50K and maybe we should have used a Chooser because the NBPLookup code will have to be replicated in every AppleTalk CDEV - somebody correct me please) we have gotten a few gs's up on appleshare with 5.0.1 in order to use the fileserver as a cheap hard drive, and Appleworks gs WON'T EVEN LOAD A MODULE if Appleshare and Laserwriter drivers are installed. (This is a ROM 1 gs w/ 1.25 meg.) worse, if you want Appleshare on 3.5, you have to gut your system disk just to make everything fit, so we're exporing the local network startup option on our student houses afp 2.0 server. (the reason I don't want to have to have afp 2.0 for the appleshare FST is that we have an alisashare server that the gs said it couldn't connect to, or did I not install something properly? I used the gs installer, which by the way, cannot be used with one 3.5 drive unless your drive needs its eject mechanism exercised.) maybe I should go to our local apple dealer and plunk down the $50? Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu ATTN MATT, DAVE: I have a list of bug/quirk reports about the 5.0.1 finder, system, and installer. Where should I send them or should I check out 5.0.2 before I open my fat yap.