Re: What would you want in GS/OS 7.0?

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

David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> Sheppy <the.sheppy@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Improved network and printer selection would be nice, although the
> > current interface isn't bad actually IMHO. However, support for
> > AppleShare over IP would be a must-have, IMHO. And even AppleShare
> > over IP has been phased out in Mac OS X Snow Leopard
> 
> No it hasn't. AFP over IP is the native file sharing protocol in Snow
> Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6).

Correction to my previous post, in case anyone is wanting to do file
sharing between Mac OS 9 (or earlier) and Mac OS X 10.6: it turns out I
had the compatibility backwards.

Mac OS X 10.6.2 as a client can connect to Mac OS 9 (running File
Sharing over TCP/IP) as a server, but the other way around does not
work. (I just confirmed this.)

As I noted in my previous post, there was a bug in Mac OS X 10.6 and
10.6.1 which prevented both directions from working, but it was fixed in
10.6.2.

This means that you cannot connect via AFP between Mac OS 8.6 (or
earlier) and Mac OS X 10.6 (or later), unless you have a third party
AFP-over-IP server running on the 8.6 (or earlier) machine. I don't have
AppleShare IP so I don't know how it might change the situation, but it
is possible that it will allow a wider compatibility overlap.

ObAppleII: A Mac OS 9 server with File Sharing and TCP/IP support
enabled is still compatible as a go-between for getting files from an
Apple II (via AFP over AppleTalk) to any version of Mac OS X (via AFP
over TCP/IP).

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz