Re: Accessing Appletalk file shares on a IIgs

["Simon Biber" <xbiber@bigpond.net.au>]

> You cannot boot GS/OS from a 5.25" floppy (even if you could squeeze a
> minimum system onto one, it will refuse to boot).

Oh. <pout>

> You will not be able to use AppleShare on the IIgs until you have a 3.5"
> drive.

I suppose the internal floppy from my Mac Plus, IIsi or LC 475 couldn't be
retrofitted onto it?

> Even if you manage to set up an AppleShare 2 or 3 server on the Mac
> (with Apple II booting support), you need at least one IIgs with a 3.5"
> drive to set up the system software on the server.

It couldn't be done from my Apple IIe LC Card? (It has access to the
internal 3.5" drive, and an emulated workstation card, and I can extract the
GS/OS disk images straight onto disks in that drive from MacOS.)

> Well, they work, but only after you've booted via GS/OS to load the
> AppleTalk support software.

Oh :-( It appears that everything depends on GS/OS.

> It may be possible to use the workstation card in a IIgs, in which case
> you will be able to use the same software as you would on a IIe.  Some
> applications might be confused by such a configuration, expecting to be
> able to use the native IIgs AppleTalk support if they are on a IIgs, but
> most programs should behave themselves.

I don't have a real workstation card, only the emulated one in my IIe card /
LC 475.

Simon.