Re: GS Appleshare Server available ?

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <3oo0kv$sht@coyote.csusm.edu>,
Tony Diaz <tdiaz@coyote.csusm.edu> wrote:
> 
> No Appleshare filer server software was ever released, allthough one did
> suffer the fate of Apple IIgs BASIC and other such goodies...

At least IIgs BASIC was available in beta form (and it a seemed to
work reasonably well).

> 'Hansel & Gretel' comes to mind, I've got preliminary docs for it around
> here... The project was right around the evil third quarter of '88 when
> the advertising people simply 'dropped the ball' on the Apple II.

Ah.  So was it made available to developers in beta form, or were you
lucky enough to collect the documentation?

> "This wont be any good for Macs, file system is too limited"

1988, huh?  GS/OS just coming out, which would have solved the major
problem (resource forks).  We subsequently have got everything needed
to implement AppleShare at the file system level (or it could be added
via a "desktop" type file).

Rather disappointing...
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