toddpw@truebalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (11/05/90)
TYBALT is now a Sun 4/280, and anonymous FTP has been re-enabled (they got to copying over the FTP directories). SORRY 'bout that, but I wasn't warned that FTP would be disabled for a few days after the new tybalt came up. Apparently it took them longer to execute the entire move than was anticipated. NCSA telnet has been useless since the FastPath crashed after the move (it depends on tybalt for its list of networks) so the people with Macs in their rooms (including my roommate) have been gnashing their teeth all weekend. I'm using my ][+ and the terminal server to log in from my desk, but I've been keeping a low profile about that :) HOWEVER, the point of all this is that I relied on NCSA Telnet to transfer stuff to/from tybalt and that is down. The other method I've been planning on for maintaining the pub/apple2 directory is via AppleShare (yes, AppleShare). The AppleShare imitator package running on the new tybalt _claims_ to be AFP 2.0 compatible and the AppleShare FST can log in to it. However, the prodos file type info is not set and Finder gets majorly confused. I have been encouraged to attempt modifications to the source, but until the FastPath comes back up I can't test anything or even see tybalt's server from the control panel. WHEN this is all taken care of by the campus computing organization, I will be doing some major re-org of the tybalt directories. I also plan to introduce a better suffix scheme for packed software -- mail me if you have ideas, I like the scheme I have in mind but I certainly can't think of everything. I will also be finally uploading those AppleTalk utilities I mentioned, and some other goodies. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu