Re: Network with a Mac

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Dave Huang (khym@bga.com) wrote:

: I guess Appleshare performance could be considered decent, but I find
: that a volume connected through Localtalk is too slow to be usable as
: primary storage (i.e. actually running applications off of the server;
: saving documents over the network is fine...) Now if there was an
: ethernet card for the Apple II, I might actually be interested in
: using my Mac as a file server. But if you're happy with your setup,
: that's cool...

Actually localtalk is fairly poky. If you try transferring a few megabytes
at a shot, it's like watching your fingernails grow. But for small lumps
of data it's ok. Speed wise it's probably the same as a floppy disk or single
speed CD. I use ethernet with most of my Macs, which is fast enough to play 
quicktimes over the network.

It's nice to see someone who doesn't criticize other people because of the
equipment they choose to use, by the way. 
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