Re: Appletalk question

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

Morel (noprivatereplies@please.it) wrote:
: william strutts <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:

: > Okay, I now have my Mac Classic II talking to my Apple IIgs
: > however, the Mac can't see the IIgs but the IIgs can see the Mac.
: > What gives?

: This is how it should be. A Mac running System 7 or later can act as a
: "server" (i. e. it can be seen on the network and files can be
: read/written to it by users of other machines). A IIGS can only act as a
: "client" (the IIGS user can read/write files to servers) but not as a
: server, so it does not show up on the network.
<snip>

--> I'd love to get my IIgs, IIe & even the Amiga 500, eventually
    connected to my network - but time and other practicalities
    keep putting-off exploring such experimenting.  In the mean
    time, my 3 PC's are connected in a peer-2-peer network, with
    each being able to see the others and be seen by them as well.
    Two of them can get online at the same time, without any file
    sharing risks with `strangers' & still can share files with
    each other, easily.  This, without server software.

    Obviously it's not client/server - but that still doesn't mean
    that `a' IIgs won't be able to show-up on `a' network of some
    kind, AFAICT, unless there's more proof than `just because'.

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