[comp.protocols.appletalk] K* and TOPS - compatible?

crum@panarea.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) (01/28/89)

Does TOPS work between LocalTalk and Ethernet systems (e.g., Macintosh SE
and Sun-3 systems) through a KFPS-4 running K*?  If your are using TOPS
with K* configured by atalkad, please let me know.  Thanks.  I trust
the consensus of USENET participants more than most sales representatives.

For those of you who might not know about TOPS, I should point out
that it allows disk volumes of a Macintosh to be available to remote
TOPS network hosts while the Macintosh is being used to run other
programs, even without Multifinder.  I don't know if AppleShare
provides this level of functionality.

Gary Crum
University of Southern California

sob@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (Stan Barber) (02/13/89)

In article <14975@oberon.USC.EDU> crum@panarea.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) writes:
>Does TOPS work between LocalTalk and Ethernet systems (e.g., Macintosh SE
>and Sun-3 systems) through a KFPS-4 running K*?

Yes, this works. We run Ethertalk, and Localtalk with TOPS on our Sun, PC's
and Mac's. They all play together. I have atalkad running and it keeps the
Kbox's running KSTAR in line to some extent. 

Now if Kinetics will just release a KSTAR that support SNMP!
STAN


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edb@fai.UUCP (Edward Bunch) (02/15/89)

>In article <1417@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> sob@watson.UUCP (Stan Barber) writes:
>Now if Kinetics will just release a KSTAR that support SNMP!

At MacWorld in S.F. I was told that Kinetics is listening and will support SNMP.
The plans will include an augmented LanRanger to look at it all as well.


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