tsouth@pro-pac.cts.COM (Todd South) (01/08/88)
"Leonard B. Bliss" <blissl@ecsvax> writes: >We are in the planning stages in designing a computer laboratory >which will house approximately 60 APPLE IIgs microcomputers. Bravo! I am glad to see that someone is taking the //gs merits and using it on a grand scale! >For various reasons, we wish to network these machines in order to >allow students to run software kept on a hard disk at a central >location rather than having each user run from separate diskettes >at their stations. Our problem is locating a file server which >will allow us to do this with APPLE IIgs's,[D. Apparently there >are all sorts of neat little minicomputers that would do the job >for us if we were using MS-DOS machines, but we haven't been able >to get any information from anyone ** on how to do this with our >APPLES. I truly hope that you can find a way to get this done. If you find a system that works reliably as a fileserver for the //gs PLEASE post it to this net and email me immediately so I can buy it! >(APPLE says they are working on it) We know, they have been working on it for a LONG TIME! Note the listing on your control panel for slot 7? It sure looks like it says AppleTalk to me! I really wish that Apple would get this vaporware OUT to the users that have been begging for it, and the developers that refuse to consider the Apple //gs a serious computer without it! >We have been told that CORVB[D[DUS has a system that may do the job, >but that it is a bear to use and has the habit of crashing on a regular >basis. I saw one of these crash, and it was not a pretty site!@! >Is there any [Done out there who can give us some information on this? >Please reply by E-mail and I will gladly summarize any information >for those who may be interested. If you get ANY information on this (since you are in a position to probably spend more on this project than I make in a year!) I, and others most assuredly, would appreciate any information on getting a reliable fileserver for the Apple //gs. Thanks Todd South Thats <mcnc.ORG!crash!pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-pac!tsouth> for you Leonard! Please keep me informed of the outcome! +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Todd South : Ewa Beach, HI. | The more I drink,| | Uucp: crash!pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-pac!tsouth | The more all this| | Pacific Proline (808) 499-2831 -1007 2400bd | makes sense... | +------------------------------------------------------------------+