Re: I can get anything to talk to anything! :-)

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Scott Alfter wrote:

>I did see that the server was showing up in the
>EtherTalk zone in the GS's AppleTalk cdev.  I tried logging in and mounting
>a share...where this wouldn't work before, it went right through this time!
>
>No modification to GS/OS was needed.  File sharing works, with some issues:
>
>1) Even if a share should be auto-logged-in at restart, it isn't.  You have
>   to go to the AppleTalk cdev and mount the share manually every time.
>2) The auxiliary-type information seems to be flipped when a file is
>   created.  I tried setting a ShrinkIt archive to the correct types
>   ($E0/$8002); it came up with auxtype $0280 instead.  Telling Davex to set
>   the auxtype to $0280 set it to the proper $8002.  This would appear to be
>   a big-endian/little-endian disagreement someplace.  (The ironic bit is
>   that both machines are little-endian...the server's a homebrew dual
>   P!!!-500 running Linux 2.4.14 or thereabouts.)

Ah, but the format "on the wire" is big-endian, so one "end" is either
skipping a step or doing it twice.  ;-)

>3) While GS/OS has no problems accessing any file on the server, ProDOS 8
>   will only access stuff that's named in all-uppercase with the same
>   limitations that ProDOS imposes (15-char max, first char alpha,
>   subsequent chars alpha/num/dot).  A file on the server named foo-bar.txt
>   (or even just foo.txt) won't be accessible, but FOO.TXT or FOO.BAR.TXT
>   will work.

Sounds GREAT, Scott!

Now I'd like to get something like that going with my PC-LocalTalk card,
to obviate the bridge.

-michael

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