Re: IIgs question.

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Hoser <hoserNOSPAM@tnsf.net> wrote:

> I have an Apple IIGS (ROM Rev 3) that accesses via LocalTalk a file server
> running on my PowerMac 6100 (running under Mac OS 8.6).  It also recognizes
> my laser printer.
> 
> Booting the IIGS from a floppy and accessing the file server works great,
> although it takes a minute or two to boot up.  I'm interested in getting
> the IIGS to boot directly from the server.
> 
> I set the IIGS's slots 1 and 7 to AppleTalk and force the machine to boot
> from slot 7.

This won't work.  For starters, you don't need to set slot 7 to
AppleTalk in a ROM 3, unless you are running a particular software
package which assumes "I'm on a IIgs, therefore AppleTalk must be in
slot 7".  This is very rare.  It should be sufficient to set slot 1 to
AppleTalk, and leave slot 7 set to "Your Card".

To boot from AppleTalk on the ROM 3, IIgs, you must set the startup slot
to "AppleTalk".  It will probably not boot if you set it to start from
the slot number that happens to be where AppleTalk is located.

> It takes time to search its LocalTalk network but doesn't recognize the
> server.

Is your Mac running the AppleShare server software, or just File
Sharing?

To boot an Apple II over the network, the server must be running
AppleShare 2.0 or 3.0.x, with Apple II boot support installed and
enabled, and appropriate system software for the Apple II installed onto
the server.

Later versions of AppleShare (or any version of AppleShare IP) do not
support booting an Apple II over the network, but you can still access
the server from a locally booted Apple II.

AppleShare 2.0 takes over the whole machine, so it isn't much use unless
you have a spare Mac.  (It also runs under System 6.0.x, and won't work
on recent machines).  AppleShare 3.0 requires System 7.0 or later, and
is able to share the Mac with other programs, though it tends to be
somewhat of a resource hog (more so than File Sharing).