Re: IIgs and OS X filesharing solutions

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Sean McNamara (sean@macassist.com.au) wrote:
: In article <cpO_b.41$yv2.64142@news.uswest.net>, "pilgrimer" <no@no.no> 
: wrote:

: > Now, as to the OS X system and GS/OS .....Aye...there's the rub...  They do
: > NOT work and play well together.  I have not been able to signon to a OS X
: > box and share.  OS X does some weirdness with signons that gets in the way.
: > Also, when it came to OS X, Apple re-assigned the ProDOS file type so,
: > ProDOS files are not at all recognized on a OS X box.  I have played with
: > KEGS, Bernie and  the like in OS X and getting files to them I found
: > somewhat a problem.  Oh and getting a USB floppy drive working in an
: > emulator...THAT was a trip!.
: > For any real GS or IIe use on a OS X net I recomend keeping a 68k Mac on the
: > network This box  can then act as a File Server and pass things back and
: > forth.
: > 
: > -Bart
: > Keeper of the Network From Heck

: As discussed previously in this group, and mentioned in this thread (by 
: Dave Althoff), you should be able to get the GS and Mac OS X talking by 
: enabling AppleTalk File Sharing using the Sharepoints program (and 
: SysPrefs pane) - see

: http://www.hornware.com/sharepoints/

: Mac OS X by default publicises servers via AppleTalk and TCP/IP, but 
: only allows connections over TCP/IP. enabling AppleTalk on the server 
: should let the GS login.

: My Apple //e Workstation Card arrived yesterday (woo-hoo!), and I'm just 
: itching for the time to hook my //e, my IIgs and my Asante LocalTalk to 
: Ethernet bridge up to my Ethernet network to see how it all connects to 
: our OS 9 and OS X boxes. I will certainly post info once I've done that.

What I found with my system was that the IIgs could log in and *read*
files from the OS-X box, but when I tried to *write* files I got an odd
file permissions error.

By enabling AppleTalk on the OS-X box, I was able to log into the System 7
box and use that as a file server.

Now, does there exist a MacIP gateway daemon for Darwin?  I can't believe
that a MacIP gateway is so frigging difficult that there are no software
solutions available for OS-X..........

So far, IPNetRouter has been a non-starter.  It seems I can get Open
Transport working, or I can get my network working, but not
both...IPNetRouter requires Open Transport, but once it's up and running,
bye bye AppleTalk.  Go figure.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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