Re: Help in upgrading a Apple IIgs

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford) writes...

>In article <22JUL199704241604@vax2.concordia.ca>,
>Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:

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>>    You can only "AppleTalk" one way, the IIgs will be able to see and
>>access the Macintosh hardrive but not the other way around. If you need
>>more details, David Empson is probably the most knowledgable and well
>>experienced AppleTalk person in this group to talk to. :) You can also
>>use Dejanews to do a localized search for articles that have been
>>posted to comp.sys.apple2 and look for keywords such as 'Appletalk'
>>and 'Empson' and you should find some very detailed articles and
>>instructions on what you need to do. One note, without a hardrive it
>>can be a bit tricky (you'd need to setup a special boot disk).
>
>I just looked at the online FAQ and saw that it's kinda lacking substance
>on this topic. I suppose the maintainer is lean on expertise in the area.
>It just gives an overview of what you can do, no specifics or instructions.
>I'd say I've also done about everything you can do Appletalk wise with IIs,
>including setting up an Appleshare 3.0 server to boot from, sharing files
>and network printers, even getting my IIs to talk to my ethernet Macs via
>a router. Not only with IIgses, with a workstation card equipped //e as well.
>So either David or myself should definitely be able to help with any problems.

    I noticed there is room for growth there too, which is why I thought
of adding a detailed AppleTalk section in my Apple IIGS FAQ. I have zero
experience working with AppleTalk, so I thought I'd eventually contact
David to perhaps help in writing that section (I'm not ignorant on how
to set things up hardware and software wise, but hands-on experience has
an edge over what you've read from books or online discussions :). Your
input would be welcome too of course.

    Now I just have to get around to finishing it, I keep putting it off
for weeks and months at a time meaning to get back to it. :P (the fact
that I didn't have a hardrive on my GS for a couple of months didn't
help much). One of these days I'll get the bulk of it done and release
it though, and there is alot of material I can write without much overlap
or redundancy between it and the Apple II FAQ.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca