Re: IIgs to PC via network -- AppleShare question

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

In article <7nu504$qij@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Andy McFadden wrote:

>It's configured as a module.  It *is* being loaded:
>
># lsmod
>Module                  Size  Used by
>appletalk              17312  13  (autoclean)
>3c59x                  18920   1  (autoclean)
>nls_iso8859-1           2020   2  (autoclean)
>nls_cp437               3548   2  (autoclean)
>vfat                   11516   2  (autoclean)
>fat                    25664   2  (autoclean) [vfat]
>ncr53c8xx              52112   6 
>
>Mumble.  I hate to say it, but so far WinNT gets the nod on this count.  I
>did a test run on an NT machine at work, and I was serving files immediately
>(of course, you *have* to use an NTFS partition, so they're not exactly
>perfect either).

Andy,

Does the NT appleshare server speak ProDOS AFP protocol?  If not, that
could be a problem.

I coded ProDOS AFP support into netatalk several years ago.  Make sure
you grab Adrian Sun's netatalk variant which includes this (and other)
fixes/enhancements.  The address is:

ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/public/asun

Other things to consider:

- The FastPath 4 had at least two major EPROM code revisions.  Take a
look at the two socketed ROMs, and that'll tell you whether it's v4.x
or (preferably) 5.1.  

- There were also two different FP4 configuration programs, which
probably will only run on older 68k Macs.  It's theoretically possible
that a reset-defaulted FP will work properly, but I've never had much
success.

Shiva are a collection of horse's rear-ends, and will not provide any
support or documentation on the FPs.  If you need any copies of the
setup software (or EPROM images), please contact me privately.