Re: GS Appletalk troubles

["John E. Townsend" <utownje@lexis-nexis.com>]

Rubywand wrote:

> ...
>      The above leads to a natural question: What am I missing? What is
> it that you or John or anyone else does with AppleTalk which makes it
> worth the bother.
>
>      For example, unless one is especially thrilled by pretty animations
> at random intervals, putting up with screen saver-related limitations
> and glitches makes no sense. The 'cure' is to treat any screen saver as
> though it were a virus.
>
>      Obviously, AppleTalk is a potential crash causer. So, what is the
> pay-off for getting it to work on a GS?

Uh, longer naps during prints? :-)

It'd also be nice to be able to share my Imagewriter and Deskwriter printers between
my IIe, IIgs, and Mac SE/30 without having to switch cables around.  Also, being able
to mount volumes from the SE/30's filesystem on the IIe and IIgs saves wear and tear
on my sneakers.  And, most importantly, because it's *there*. :-)

--
John E. Townsend
Sr. Software Engineer          "Machines should work;
LEXIS-NEXIS                     people should think."
Dayton, OH, USA                        -- IBM Polyanna Principle
utownje@lexis-nexis.com