Re: Mac to GS fie transfers, arghh!

[Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com>]

SteveB wrote:

> How do I enable sharing a GS volume so that the Mac can see it? I can 
> see the Mac from the GS, just not the other way around.

That would require a GS based Appletalk server, and I don't think such a thing 
 ever existed.

> I'd like to find an old Gatorbox and run an AppleTalk network over 
> ethernet, connect the old Mac, new Macs, and the GS all together. My 
> setup now requires me to TCP/IP transfer files from the G5 to the 
> Classic, then switch the Classic to Localtalk for transfer from the 
> Classic to the GS. Maybe there is a software solution. I seem to 
> remember you can install an Apple file share server on old Macs. I could 
> web browse for GS files with the Classic instead of the G5, but I don't 
> think I could put up with the speed. Would like to be able to print from 
> the GS over ethernet also (to a Laserwriter 630)....hmm..the Laserwriter 
> has both Localtalk and ethernet connections. I wonder if both can be 
> active?

Even more fun:  Install netatalk on a Linux (or Mac OS/X) box and serve all 
your apples from there.  I have a modified netatalk for Ubuntu Linux available 
on request.  You might be able to get the sources to build on Mac OS/X, but I 
have never tried this.

(For some reason, the netatalk packages generally available for Ubuntu and 
Debian are broken for Apple 2 flavored file sharing.  Probably because no one 
uses the feature?)

Steve