Re: Appletalk question

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Morel" <noprivatereplies@please.it> wrote in message
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> 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.
>

I had figured that this would be the answer.  I had hoped that
it was a peer-to-peer network and that both computers could
share resources with each other like my Windows machines.

Another question. Can you connect to Appletalk via ProDOS
or is it only available in GS/OS?

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