Dave Althoff Jr <dalloff@gcfn.org> wrote in message
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AppleTalk is enabled on the G4. The G4 can see both the LC-III and the
IIgs, but of course there is no server for the IIgs. Also, while the IIgs
can see a shared directory on the G4, it cannot write successfully to it.
For my file sharing, I use the LC-III as a file server visible to both the
G4 and the IIgs.
There are some annoyances, most particularly that I can't get the G4 to
automagically mount the server on startup, though GS/OS does it very
nicely. That, and neither OS-X nor GS/OS sets filetypes correctly on the
server, though OS-X can be told to ignore filetype, and I have File-a-Trix
on the IIgs to fix 'em there. Understandable, since MacOS, ProDOS, and
OS-X all have different filetype specs.
I've heard (research, research, research...) that Mac OS version 7.5.3 is
the last OS to properly support Appletalk as used in the IIgs. There are
some bits in the packet that have been re-used. I don't think you will be
able to get your G4 working (properly) with the IIgs because I doubt that
7.5.3 will run on a G4.
- Mike