nazgul@alphalpha.UUCP (Kee Hinckley) (10/12/89)
Does anyone know what the Apple Talk networking card
for the IIe does for you? Presumably with the right software
you can access remote disks/printers/anything. But a) is
there software, and b) does it emulate anything by its lonesome?
What I'd really like to do is use it under ProLine to access
my Mac's printer and/or disk. I'd also like to use Publish-It
and it to access the printer. What is the thing for and how
do you use it (other than with System 5 on a GS)?
This was all rather moot until recently, when a company called
Information Presentation Technologies anounced a "Personal
Network Server" which is AppleShare compatible and doesn't
require a dedicated Mac. (800/233-9993, $145 per user, 30 day
money back guarantee).
-kee
BTW. Where does one get the ImageWriter I emulator for the
laser printer?
Please reply in person, I'm not currently on the list or reading
news.
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-------dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) (10/15/89)
In article <8910121657.AA17135@obsolete.UUCP> nazgul@alphalpha.UUCP (Kee Hinckley) writes: >Does anyone know what the Apple Talk networking card >for the IIe does for you? Presumably with the right software >you can access remote disks/printers/anything. The card comes with software to let you log onto AppleShare file servers and choose network ImageWriter and LaserWriter printers. The card pretty much emulates a SuperSerial card (at the firmware level, not the hardware), so you can print to it from many (not all) existing programs. >[...] What is the thing for and how >do you use it (other than with System 5 on a GS)? Apple doesn't support using the Workstation card on an Apple IIgs. (The GS has AppleTalk capability built in.) Using the workstation card on an Apple IIe, you can boot ProDOS 8 from a server if you want. If you boot locally, you can still log onto and off of server volumes, and they look to your ProDOS 8 software pretty much like ProDOS volumes (except that READ_BLOCK and WRITE_BLOCK return an error). >[...] >BTW. Where does one get the ImageWriter I emulator for the >laser printer? It comes with GS System Software 5.0 and with the Apple IIe workstation software. The GS Control Panel NDA's LaserWriter CDev has a button for downloading the emulator into a LaserWriter, and the Chooser.II program has the same capability under ProDOS 8 (on either machine). -- --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
philip@pro-generic.cts.com (Philip McDunnough) (10/16/89)
Network Comment: to #6209 by dlyons@apple.com Can a GS(ROM 3) + System 5 boot off an AppleShare server without having a 3.5" disk drive to install the client software? What limitations(even with the floppy) does the GS endure by doing this. For example could one play on of the Sierra games which has to access lots of files such as Kings' Quest IV at a reasonable speed(with a TWGS although I don't see this as helping).I've tried this between 2 Macs hooked up over AppleTalk and using TOPS and saw no difference in game play.The Macs were the SE/30 and the IIcx.I then tried it with AppleShare on one of the Macs and it worked great.Really eliminated the need for a HD drive. What is the situation in the GS case? The AppleTalk port seems to be one of the serial ports.Hopefully this won't slow AppleTalk down to 9600bps. Philip McDunnough ->philip@utstat.toronto.edu :University of Toronto [my own opinions]