Re: IIgs to PC via network -- AppleShare question

[shirsch@adelphia.net (Steven N. Hirsch)]

Greg Buchner wrote:

>In article <gB3p3.354$Vc4.168432@news21b.ispnews.com>, shack@southwind.net
>(Randy Shackelford) wrote:
>
>> The guy who sold me mine spotted me a disk which has files and s/w to
>> configure my FP4, and another person sent me a copy of the manual.
>
>I had help from a friend who managed to get one configured.

I would gladly pay copying charges if someone could dup the FP4
(and/or FP5) manuals for me.

>> >Yes, I'd tend to agree with that statement, but I got my Fastpath 4
>> >running in spite of them.  The only problem I found with it is that
>> >it seems to overheat.  If I leave the unvented metal case on it, after
>> >about a hour, it stops functioning correctly.  Leaving the case off, 
>> >it's worked perfectly for months right now.
>> 
>> Mine gets burn-ya hot but it never has malfunctioned, even after a few hours.
>> Putting in a fan or vent slots could only help though.
>
>Yea, I've thought of that, but I don't have a way of cutting slots
>into a metal case like that.

The heat is no joke.  I'm down to one working FP4 due to power-supply
and mainboard attrition.  When I feel motivated, I plan to punch some
holes in the case and install a little DC fan.

I have a working FP5 also, but for some reason it refuses to route AT
"keep-alive" packets between my //gs and the Linux netatalk server.
Everything comes up and mounts fine, but the connection always drops
after several minutes.  The FP4 w/ 5.1 firmware does not do this.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Steve