Re: Networking 4 GS's

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

In article <4f0e1k$5h9@opal.southwind.net>,
Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:
> Catton (cattj@harrier.sasknet.sk.ca) wrote:
> : As a teacher I have inherited a classroom with 4 GS's most of which are
> : runing system 4 and a Mac LC II (4/40) which is hooked up to the school's
> : Localtalk network and an Imagewriter II.   I would like to know if and how
> : I could network the gs's to each other and/or the printer and/or the Mac? 
> : Any suggestions, or pointers to other places for help would be
> : appreciated.
> 
> System software 4.0 doesn't support networking of any kind.

Yes it does.  It supports printing over AppleTalk.  System 3.2 also
supports accessing an AppleShare file server (it might not work with
System 7's built-in File Sharing) but this was removed in 4.0 (with
the advent of GS/OS, a new mechanism was needed, and it wasn't ready).

Full file server access was reinstated in System 5.0.

Note that the IIgs must have 768KB of RAM to be able to access a file
server with System 5.0 or 5.0.2.  1MB is needed with System 5.0.3 or
later.
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