Re: IIgs <-> PC networking

[volkmar.friauf@koeln.netsurf.de (Volkmar Friauf)]

Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:

Hello Nathan,

>    I don't believe that Macs can export off (i.e. be a server for
> Appleshare) a volume they import from other platforms (i.e. be a
> netware client).

The only chance would be that AppleShare would be faked by Netware, i.e.
it "thinks" that the Netware volume would be a physical Macintosh
volume.

> Neither have I seen a netware client for the GS, but
> that's mostly because there's been no ethernet capabilities.

There's no escape from the fruity logo... :-/

> [And my
> personal feelings about Netware is that it sucks in quite a lot of
> ways, but that's another rant]

Since the main reason for putting a network up is to connect two PCs, it
will be a Netware- or Windows-based network. Connecting the Mac is a
must (I'm migrating from Mac to PC and need to transfer my data), and
connecting the IIgs would be a) fun and b) pushing my IIgs to new
limits. So I have to chose a network OS which supports the Mac, and only
Netware does that.

> Try asking on Macintosh newsgroups if
> there's a solution to this problem, as that's where the problem lies.

I definitely will - but this was not intended to be off-topic. The real
intelligenzija is here, in comp.sys.apple2 :)

Regards,
Volkmar 

-- 
"Wenn ich morgens meinen Rechner anmache (...) ist das kein Problem.
Eine Rechnerin w�rde vielleicht zur Frauenbeauftragten laufen."
Sven Tuerpe in de.etc.sprache.deutsch