Re: What do YOU want?!!

[shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <CL5xp1.FnG@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>In article <1994Feb11.202618.20122@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>
>snelson@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson) writes:

>> How about some appletalk file-sharing utilities, so users with IIGS or
>> appletalk IIe machines could at least exchange files over appletalk.  GS
>> server software would be even better.
>
>That is something I have been thinking about doing, once I get an
>AppleTalk network running between my two IIgses (and ImageWriter).  I
>just need the networking card for the ImageWriter to get started...

>> I also doubt you would recover your investment if you had to buy IIe
>> appletalk cards, IIGS's, etc. to test your software.

At today's prices, it would be much easier and probably cheaper to buy an old 
Mac Plus to run as a server for your II's. All you need to do everything short
of booting your II's over the network is built in to the Mac system software.
Even the Mac-hater crowd out there could go along with such a cheap and easy 
solution.
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Randy Shackelford                                "That's right, keep dancing
shack@crash.cts.com                               on the minefield"
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