Re: 20 Years Later: What storage options for IIgs?

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

Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us> wrote:

> In article <C38BFD6C.EEF9%hughhood@earthlink.net>,
> Hugh Hood <hugh.hood@a2central.com.remove-nxq-this> wrote:
> >Now for the rub that shot me down. I ran across these docs on the Apple
> >site.
> >
> ><http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106461>
> >
> >"Mac OS X 10.4 and later don't support Personal File Sharing (or other AFP)
> >over AppleTalk,"
> >
> >The article goes on to say that AFP over AppleTalk _will_ work for OS X 10.1
> >through 10.3, but not for 10.0 to 10.0.4.
> >
> >So, even with the GatorBox CS, the IIGS won't file share with a Mac running
> >OS X 10.4 or later. Yuck!
> 
> Correct.  I think the issue is that Tiger (and Leopard, I'd assume) dropped
> EtherTalk support.

Not exactly. Tiger and Leopard still support the AppleTalk protocol
stack for two applications: printing and name binding (service
discovery). Specifically, EtherTalk and all higher layer protocols up to
and including PAP - Printer Access Protocol and NBP - Name Binding
Protocol.

They don't support AFP (Apple File Protocol) over AppleTalk. I don't
know whether they retained support for other high-level AppleTalk
protocols, such as ADSP (Data Stream) and ASP (Session) - unlikely. PAP
only requires the slightly lower level ATP (Transaction).

> Not only will my IIGS not talk directly to my Mac mini,
> but neither will my Color Classic (which runs Mac OS 7.5.3, which IIRC
> doesn't do AFP-over-IP, or whatever Apple calls it).

AFP over IP was added in Mac OS 7.6 (client side).

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz