ken@pyr.gatech.EDU (Ken Hall) (01/14/88)
Please tell me if I am in the wrong newsgroup. Here is my situation: I have two Mac +s linked together with appletalk cable. An Imagewriter II printer is hanging of one Mac. One Mac has a hard disk, one does not. What networking software is recommended to share the hard disk and the printer? Excuse my ignorance. I am a novice with Apple. Ken
kenw@noah.arc.CDN (Ken Wallewein) (01/14/88)
> I have two Mac +s linked together with appletalk cable. An >Imagewriter II printer is hanging of one Mac. One Mac has a hard disk, >one does not. What networking software is recommended to share the hard >disk and the printer? I think this is a clear-cut TOPS situation. Check out the 'Applications Only' (I think) column in the lates BYTE magazine. /kenw
ken@pyr.gatech.EDU (Ken Hall) (01/15/88)
Does TOPS require a dedicated file server or can the file server act as a work station? And if so, how much degradation is there? Ken
han@apple.UUCP (-- Byron B. Han --) (01/24/88)
In article <4779@pyr.gatech.EDU> ken@pyr.UUCP (Ken Hall) writes: > > I have two Mac +s linked together with appletalk cable. An >Imagewriter II printer is hanging of one Mac. One Mac has a hard disk, >one does not. What networking software is recommended to share the hard >disk and the printer? > You may wish to purchase an AppleTalk card for the Imagewriter II. Then Imagewriter II can then be shared by any Macintosh on your AppleTalk network. The IW II would not be directly attached to either Mac - Mac+ Mac+ IW II | | | O-------O-------O is a sample configuration. The O's are LocalTalk system connector kits (formally AppleTalk Personal network system connection kits). Sharing the hard disk can be done by purchasing a copy of Tops 2.0 for each Mac+ (one for the client, one for the server). Tops 2.0 is supposed to be fully AFP compatible. Some degradation of the server Macintosh (the one with the hard disk) will be noticed and the overall performance is not the same as having two locally attached hard disks, but the Tops solution is very nice and elegant for your problem. I personally run Tops between my two work machines in addition to AppleShare. My server machine is a Mac II with 100M online, and 80M via AppleShare. The client is a Prodigy SE with 20M online, 100M via Tops, and 80M via AShare. AppleShare is more practical when the work group is larger. For smallar setup, Tops is better. Also, Tops allows any hard disk on any Tops enabled machine to be shared. AppleShare only allows a central volume(s) to be shared on a dedicated server. Depends on your use. Anyhow, this is NOT meant to start a religious Tops vs AppleShare war. Each has its niche. This is not a product advertisement for AppleShare. This is not an official Apple review or endorsement for Tops. The usual other disclaimers. -- ------------------------ Byron Han, Communications Tool ---------------------- Apple Computer, Inc. 20525 Mariani Ave, MS 27Y Cupertino, CA 95014 ATTnet:408-973-6450 applelink:HAN1 domain:han@apple.COM MacNET:HAN GENIE:BYRONHAN COMPUSERVE:72167,1664 UUCP:{sun,voder,nsc,decwrl}!apple!han
whna@cgcha.uucp (Heinz Naef) (01/17/89)
A group of people using ~20 Mac's on an AppleTalk Personal Network will move in a new building which will be equipped with IBM Type 1 shielded twisted pair cabling. The Mac's will be scattered all over the eight floors of the building. After studying the AppleTalk brochure, it seems that even though there may be up to 32 devices attached to one network, BUT the total cable length shouldn't exceed 300 Meters (1000 feet). If you imagine a star-shaped wiring scheme in a large building, this diameter may be easily exhausted with 3 stations - even if they are in neighboring rooms! Is there a better solution which would allow to attach the Mac's to the IBM cabling while maintaining the full AppleTalk functionality transparently? (I. e. the user doesn't recognize that anything changed in the attachment?) Any comments are gratefully appreciated. Thanks, and best regards, Heinz Naef, c/o CIBA-GEIGY AG, R-1032.5.58, P.O.Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland Internet: whna%cgch.uucp@uunet.uu.net - Phone: (+41) 61 697 26 75 BITNET: whna%cgch.uucp@cernvax.bitnet - Fax: (+41) 61 697 32 88 UUCP: cgch!whna
tjh+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Tom Holodnik) (01/18/89)
Heinz,
Here at CMU, we'd installed the IBM cabling system also, and were faced
with a similar problem. Our solution was to use Farallon PhoneNet, and
StarControllers. We have loads of these things, and they work pretty well. What
should be watched carefully, though, is connecting lots of things on remote ends
(say within a lab), or mixing PhoneNet and LocalTalk media (odd things happen).
Within limits, it works well for us. I have no affiliation with Farallon
other than being a satisfied customer.
Hope this helps,
Tompyle@TANK.UCHICAGO.EDU ("K. Roger Pyle") (10/17/89)
Reading an old News item, I saw that a request to you would get me on
your mail list. Please do so, and Thank You.
K. Roger Pyler
Sr. Res. Assoc.
Univ. of Chicago pyle@tank.uchicago.edu