philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough) (09/26/89)
A company called IPT is marketing a distributed(like TOPS) network which is
AFP-compliant.The product is PSN(see recent MacWeek ad).This implies that
a GS could run off a non-dedicated MAC.
Are there any restrictions on the type of software a GS(using 5.0. ) can
run from AppleShare? How would one get ProDos programs onto the MacIIcx,apart
from using AFE?Will AFE even work? Has anyone found conflicts between
AppleShare and TWGS?What about copy-protected programs which are hard disk
installable-will they work?
The product(PSN) would seem to be an exciting one provided GS/OS can launch
ProDos applications.I'm new to the GS world so please excuse any silly
questions.
Philip
philip@utstat.toronto.edu (please E-mail if possible)rnf@shumv1.uucp (Rick Fincher) (10/05/89)
If the software is AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) compatible, it should work fine. You won't be able to boot off the server but you can run programs just fine under GS/OS 5.0 with AppleShare installed. You will need to get a password on the server or log on as a guest. Prodos 8 and GS/OS programs should work fine. As far as the gs knows the server is a hard drive directly connected to the machine. In fact you can even use the Mac naming conventions (spaces in file names etc.) on that disk. You can use the finder to copy files to the server. It looks like a regular hard drive. Rick Fincher "Just Say No- To MS-DOS"
rewing@Apple.COM (Richard Ewing) (10/08/89)
PSN (Personal Server Network) from IPT will simulate an Appleshare server on a non-dedicated Mac. Although its a bit slow, it does work. However, it only emulates an Appleshare 1.1 server, so it can NOT serve the IIgs as a client. System software 5.0 requires that if you use an Appleshare server, that it must be version 2 or above. (I tried for sake of argument anyway, and indeed, it doesn't work. -- __________________________________________________________________________ |Disclaimer: Segmentation Fault: Core Dumped. | | | |Internet: REWING@APPLE.COM-----------------------Rick Ewing | |ApplelinkPE & MacNet Soon!------------------Apple Computer, Inc. | |Applelink: EWING--------------------100 Ashford Center North, Suite 100 | |Compu$erve: [76474,1732]--------------------Atlanta, GA 30338 | |GENIE: R.EWING1--------------------------TalkNet: (404) 393-9358 | |USENET: {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!rewing | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
buzz@tippy.uucp (10/10/89)
So does IPT have any plans to upgrade PSN to support version 2 of Applshare? Are there any other software and/or hardware packages that will allow for Apple...s'cuse me, LocalTalked //s without a dedicated Mac server? I'm asking for a teacher friend of mine who has the uneviable job of setting-up such a beast. ______________________________________________________________________________ | USENET: tippy!buzz@newton.physics.purdue.edu |"My views on evolution? | | | I think Darwin was | | I'm poor, so USENET is the only network I'm on.| adopted." --Steven Wright | |________________________________________________|___________________________| |DISCLAIMER: The opinions and views depicted here are completely fictious. | |Any resemblence to any actual opinions or views, either living or dead, is | |purely coincidental. | |____________________________________________________________________________|
philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough) (10/11/89)
Network Comment: to #5983 by rewing@apple.com Is PSN slow because of the way they implemented it?Given an upgrade to a "ver2" compatible product would the speed issues disappear.What I'm getting at is the speed at which a GS will work from an AppleShare server(say Apple's!).Can a GS be run as a diskless node on such a server?If so,then would one have to use AFE to put the GS programs onto the Mac(or otherwise) hard drive? philip@utstat.toronto.edu ->Philip McDunnough
philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough) (10/16/89)
Network Comment: to #6122 by pur-phy!tippy!buzz@ee.ecn.purdue.edu
>So does IPT have any plans to upgrade PSN to support version 2 of
Applshare?
PSN already supports AppleShare ver2.01. I verified this from them several
times last week.Since they have a 30 day trial period you can further
convince yourself of this.Several people have puchased PSN with the GS in
mind.None have been returned according to IPT.
Philip McDunnough ->philip@utstat.edu
University of Toronto
[my opinions]rewing@Apple.COM (Richard Ewing) (10/18/89)
If PSN has been updated to support AFP 2.0.1, then that's news to me. The version which I have only emulates a 1.1 server, and is therefore incompatible with the GS. --Rick Ewing Apple Atlanta -- __________________________________________________________________________ |Disclaimer: Segmentation Fault: Core Dumped. | | | |Internet: REWING@APPLE.COM-----------------------Rick Ewing | |ApplelinkPE & MacNet Soon!------------------Apple Computer, Inc. | |Applelink: EWING--------------------100 Ashford Center North, Suite 100 | |Compu$erve: [76474,1732]--------------------Atlanta, GA 30338 | |GENIE: R.EWING1--------------------------TalkNet: (404) 393-9358 | |USENET: {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!rewing | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
rnf@shumv1.uucp (Rick Fincher) (10/18/89)
Can someone post the address and phone number of the company that makes the PSN AppleShare compatible product? Thanks, Rick