TSEMM@ALASKA.BITNET ("Ed 'Apple Guru' Moore") (07/01/90)
Hello. My university wants to link 3 IIe and one GS computer onto an Ethernet system. How can we do this? One way that I see is to sub-net them in an appletalk network..but we want to use our vax/vms system to store the programs (rather than a disc). Is there any way to make this work? Or any other solutions? Thank you for your time... TSEMM@ALASKA.BITNET
rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu (Rick Fincher) (07/02/90)
In article <9007011049.AA29926@apple.com> "Ed 'Apple Guru' Moore" <TSEMM%ALASKA.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu> writes: >Hello. My university wants to link 3 IIe and one GS computer onto >an Ethernet system. How can we do this? One way that I see is to >sub-net them in an appletalk network..but we want to use our vax/vms >system to store the programs (rather than a disc). Is there any >way to make this work? Or any other solutions? Thank you for >your time... >TSEMM@ALASKA.BITNET Apple has software for the VAX that runs AppleShare on the VAX. Pacer Software, and Alisa Systems also have software that lets the VAX act as an AppleShare server. The software must be AFP 2.0 compatible to work properly with the Apple II. Both companies claim their stuff is AFP 2.0 compliant, but I have not been able to check this. I don't know of Ethernet cards for the Apple II or drivers for the SCSI Ethernet devices. To connect to Ethernet you'll need to run your Apple II's on AppleTalk. The GS has this built in. The IIe's will need the AppleTalk card and the enhanced ROMs if they don't already have them (you can tell easily, they boot up saying "Apple IIe" instead of "Apple ][" if they are enhanced). To connect your AppleTalk net to Ethernet you'll need a box from either Cayman Systems, the Gator Box, or a box from Shiva called the FastPath. If your mainframe or mini computer uses the NFS filing system the Gator Box has a software package called GatorShare that converts from AFP to NFS. This means you can eliminate the Pacer or Alisa software. Pacer also claims AFP 2.0 compliance for this software. Be advised none of these programs supports booting from the server. You'll need to boot from a floppy (or hard drive) then log on. This is quicker anyway. Apple has not provided the boot code to outside vendors, but they recenly released the AppleTalk source code so perhaps that will be done to. Rick rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu
m.tiernan@pro-angmar.UUCP (Michael Tiernan) (07/04/90)
In-Reply-To: message from TSEMM@ALASKA.BITNET
As I remember, there is an AppleTalk to Ethernet bridge box out there.
This would allow you to net them together without putting ANY load on the VAX.
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