Re: file sharing w/pc over appletalk?

["Henry Broekhuyse" <broekh@unixg.ubc.ca>]

Greg Buchner <nobody@wavetech.net> wrote in message
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> In article <3A8F4588.34E71065@aol.com>, menacechgo@aol.com wrote:
> PCMacLan is an Appletalk stack for Windows (95, 98, ME, possibly NT)
> that does have a server client.  Used a IIGS to access over localtalk
> through a Fastpath router (the winpc was on ethernet.)
>
> Of course, it is commercial software and it is expensive and I don't
> know if it support the localtalk card.

The "Localtalk PC Card" with the "Appleshare PC Software" would allow a PC
to appear to the IIGS as an Appleshare server. As we all are aware, though,
the "Localtalk PC Card" is now very difficult to find (even on ebay).

With PCMacLAN installed on a PC with a standard ethernet interface card, the
only other device necessary to set up a Localtalk network with a IIGS (or
any Mac without built-in ethernet, for that matter) is an
ethernet-to-Localtalk adapter (like the Asante "AsanteTalk" or the Farallon
"iPrint Adapter LT"). From the point of view of the IIGS, the PC would
appear as an Appleshare server.

As was pointed out in a preceding message, the same thing can be
accomplished on a PC (for those having the necessary expertise) using Linux
and "netatalk".