Re: LocalTalk/AppleShare between IIgs and Mac LC 575 - how?

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

I hooked my LC/IIe setup up to an Ethernet network using and Asante
scsi-ethernet interface box.  Initially, I had no Appleshare file server,
but used the network to ftp things back and forth from my PC.

When I attempted to boot the LC Card IIe from slot 7, a message would appear
on the IIe screen that an Appleshare file server could not be located.
Therefore this function must be included in the LC/IIe software or firmware.


Frank


"Phil Beesley" <pb14@le.ac.uk> wrote in message
pb14-140620011618093632@mac180.cc.le.ac.uk">news:pb14-140620011618093632@mac180.cc.le.ac.uk...
> In article <9g8737$365$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>, ground.ecn AppleII
> Librarian <apple2pd@garp3.icaen.uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
> > Tricky question to answer.  I am using the IIe workstation software in
> > ProDOS to login etc. on the network.  The IIe card control panel has the
> > network in slot7 from the "slots" panel.
> >
> > Nothing special is done on the MacOS side, except Appletalk etc. is
> > enabled.  I assume that the IIe card "network" emulation is
communicating
> > with the MacOS behind the scenes, so the MacOS must be involved.  From
the
> > IIe emulation side though I work just like I am on a real IIe.
> >
> > The manuals I've looked at are very skimpy on Appletalk.  I'm not sure I
> > could get it working with the IIe workstation software (which doesn't
come
> > with the LC IIe card).  The manual implies that I can log into the host
> > LC.  I have never been able too.  I can login to any other Mac on the
> > network, but not the Mac the IIe card is in.
> >
> > I want to know how people not using the IIe workstation software on a LC
> > use Appleshare with the IIe card.
>
> As you say the official documentation isn't particularly helpful. My
> understanding is that the LC/IIe card, in conjunction with the host
> Mac, emulates a "real" IIe with a "real" workstation (Localtalk) card
> in a "slot" defined in the control panel. Because the LC/IIe card has
> no network interface of its own, it uses the interface on the Mac. This
> is normally the Mac's built-in LocalTalk interface but it could be a
> SCSI/Ethernet interface, as a previous csa2 poster has remarked.
>
> It doesn't seem plausible that the LC/IIe card will be able to login to
> the Mac which hosts it. Surely the Mac and the LC/IIe will be sharing
> the same AppleTalk address? I'll have a look at the manual again.
>
> I don't see how you could try to use the LC/IIe card without using the
> software for the "real" IIe workstation (LocalTalk) card. Apple don't
> include a login or chooser app as part of the stanard LC/IIe software.
> Again the manual and Tech Info Library are lousy on this point.
>
> Phil