[comp.sys.mac] Appleshare -- why a MacPlus?

bc@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (bill coderre) (04/13/87)

Can anybody tell me why Appleshare requires a MacPlus to operate?
Why not a 512E with a SCSI port?

Just curious..................................................bc

tommy@ssds.UUCP (Tommy Phillips) (04/16/87)

In article <955@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> bc@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (bill coderre) writes:
>Can anybody tell me why Appleshare requires a MacPlus to operate?
>Why not a 512E with a SCSI port?
It doesn't.  I've seen it running with a 512 (not even 'E') running as the
central server.  Apple people _recommend_ this configuration (at least for
now) because as long as you're tying up a Mac it may as well be the cheapest
one.

Of course the disk on this net was an Apple HD20.  If you want to use a SCSI
disk I think you have to have a + (the 512's don't have SCSI ports (?)).

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