Re: Networking GS to a Mac?

[land@ (E.G. Land)]

In article <4nva7d$6i4@cello.gina.calstate.edu>,
LA County Outdoor Science School <lacoss@cello.gina.calstate.edu> wrote:
>gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Greg Berigan) writes:
>> 
>> And I don't even have a hard drive for the GS.  I boot up a network
>> startup disk and run Finder off the server.  Just wish I could use the
>> boot disk to activate AppleTalk and then startup GS/OS again off the
>> server completely without relying on the presence of the disk, so that I
>> can startup with more fonts, control panels, ndas, cdas, finder extras,
>> tools, etc. than I can fit on one 800K network startup disk.  Anyone out
>> there have a solution better than making a RAMdisk bigger than the disk
>> to boot off of?
>
>Yes, I have a better solution.  Get Pointless, which will allow you to 
>use as many truetype fonts as you want from the Mac HD.  And get IR (free 
>download from Apple's ftp server and probably others) which will allow
>you to launch the other stuff (with the possible exception of tools, not 
>sure on that one).  I did this for a while with a GS networked to the 
>Mac.  But then I got the full Appleshare program, so now I boot off the 
>network rather than locally.
>
>Greg
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	I've got some interest in this topic too.

	I'll be buying a used Mac soon (any suggestions on model?).

	Don't expect to spend over $700, and would like to network
	with my gs.

	Know zip about the whole thing. Hardware, software? How do
	I tie it all together and what can I expect.

	I mean, if the Mac was a Quadra would I actually be able to 
	use its application programs from the gs?

	I'm talking a good desktop publishing program, here; one in which
	I'll be putting out a newsletter.

	So, where can I expect problems?

	Thanks...


	EG Land