Re: IIgs question.

[jonrelay@napanet.net (Jon Bettencourt)]

In article <3A117A2A.97C38359@tnsf.net>, hoserNOSPAM@tnsf.net wrote:

> Thanks for your response David.
> 
> David Empson wrote:
> > 
> > This won't work.  For starters, you don't need to set slot 7 to
> > AppleTalk in a ROM 3, unless you are running a particular software
> > package which assumes "I'm on a IIgs, therefore AppleTalk must be in
> > slot 7".  This is very rare.  It should be sufficient to set slot 1 to
> > AppleTalk, and leave slot 7 set to "Your Card".
> 
> Yes you're right, that was my mistake.  I had a Woz edition IIGS configured
> to boot from slot 5 and then find the file server on the network.  I just
> got a ROM Rev 3 not long ago and I've been playing with its slot settings.
> 
> If I tell it to boot from AppleTalk it will look for the server, although
> it won't find it.
> 
> > To boot from AppleTalk on the ROM 3, IIgs, you must set the startup slot
> > to "AppleTalk".  It will probably not boot if you set it to start from
> > the slot number that happens to be where AppleTalk is located.
> > 
> > Is your Mac running the AppleShare server software, or just File
> > Sharing?
> 
> Right now the Mac is just running File Sharing.  I don't have AppleShare
> installed, and it looks like that is what I will need.
> 
> > To boot an Apple II over the network, the server must be running
> > AppleShare 2.0 or 3.0.x, with Apple II boot support installed and
> > enabled, and appropriate system software for the Apple II installed onto
> > the server.
> > 
> > Later versions of AppleShare (or any version of AppleShare IP) do not
> > support booting an Apple II over the network, but you can still access
> > the server from a locally booted Apple II.
> > 
> > AppleShare 2.0 takes over the whole machine, so it isn't much use unless
> > you have a spare Mac.  (It also runs under System 6.0.x, and won't work
> > on recent machines).  AppleShare 3.0 requires System 7.0 or later, and
> > is able to share the Mac with other programs, though it tends to be
> > somewhat of a resource hog (more so than File Sharing).
> 
> I'm using the Mac as a printer server with LocalTalk Bridge, and am running
> a couple of 24/7 applications on it.  It looks like I'll just have to find
> AppleShare 3.0.x to accomplish what I'm trying to do.  Any ideas where I
> would find this?

PSSST!

ftp://appleshare:appleshare@ftp.driveway.com

But you didn't hear it from me. :)

> I don't use the IIGS very often.  If AppleShare takes too many clock cycles
> I suppose I could turn it off when I'm not using it.
> 
> Incidentally, will AppleShare allow more than one IIGS to boot from it
at a time?
> 
> 
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