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Re: ProSel and AppleTalk



In <1d5cfqw.393iaqu3t3swN@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>, dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:
>Jack Nastyface <Carthago@delenda_est.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know if there is a version of ProSel for the IIe that runs with
>> AppleTalk?
>
>I don't know whether there is one, but I suspect there is not.  ProSel
>is the kind of program that is likely to bypass the standard file system
>calls and do block-level access to a disk volume, even for simple tasks
>like reading the directory.
>
>This means that it will not work on a server volume, because the server
>only supports file-level access, not block-level.

I use ProDesk 4.0 with my //e on an Appletalk network.  It sees the network volumes
just fine.  They appear in the first available slots.

Louis