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

On Dec 17, 3:19 pm, demp...@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> Scott Alfter <sc...@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us> wrote:
> > In article <C38BFD6C.EEF9%hughh...@earthlink.net>,
> > Hugh Hood <hugh.h...@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
> demp...@actrix.gen.nz

For the problem of earlier Mac OS communicating with Mac OS X, you
might have luck upgrading the AppleShare client software through one
of the downloads at

http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/MultiCountry/Macintosh/Networking-Communications/AppleShare_Client/

The Apple article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58360
suggests for 7.5.3, you should run AppleShare client 3.7.4 which uses
Open Transport 1.1.2

I don't know if that is sufficient to access Mac OS X over TCP/IP, but
upgrading to AppleShare Client 3.8.3 and Open Transport 1.1.2 on Mac
OS 7.6.1 worked for me.