Re: Appletalk question

[Howe Family <khowe@omninet.net.au>]

In article <20010807194000.05112.00004776@ng-fi1.aol.com>, 
mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:

> What would it take
> to write an AppleShare file server for the IIgs, suitable for older
> Macs (at least) and IIgs's and //e's?  If this were written, a IIgs
> could serve as a file server for other IIgs's and //e's, as well as
> the occasional Mac.  Perhaps multiple IIgs's could even do
> peer-to-peer file sharing.
> 
> Is this not done because it's impossible, or because of lack of
> documentation, or because no one has taken the time to do it?
> 

Mostly the latter, I would think. Also it would involve quite a 
performance hit to the GS to be running the server. Server type 
operations aren't the GS's strong point. Using a Mac as a server is 
probably cheaper and easier at this stage.

I'd be more interested in seeing an Appletalk IP client for the GS that 
worked over the LANceGS card, so we could network at ethernet speeds to 
the current Macs.

Kim Howe
khowe@omninet.net.au
See my GS programs at 
http://www.a2central.com/~kimhowe