Re: AppleTalk on IIGS - Questions...

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

Jeff Thomas (a2forever@usa.net) wrote:
: Has anyone successfully managed to share files over network between
: Apple IIGS and Macintosh using AppleTalk?  Is AppleTalk support built-in
: on IIGS? Apart from the AppleTalk connectors, what is required in terms
: of software on either end?

AppleTalk support is sort of built in to the IIgs.  It's fully implemented
in GS/OS...there are some software layer bits that have to be installed to
make it work, and GS/OS will take care of that for you.  You do need to
set the Control Panel settings to enable AppleTalk.

I have my system set up as follows:

Apple IIgs running GS/OS 6.0.1
Mac LC-III running MacOS 7.something
Mac G4 running OS-X.2.6

Apple IIgs connected via PhoneNet to Mac LC-III
Mac LC-III running LocalTalk Bridge (available via download from Apple)
Mac LC-III connected to Ethernet hub
Mac G4 connected to Ethernet hub

AppleTalk is enabled on the G4.  The G4 can see both the LC-III and the
IIgs, but of course there is no server for the IIgs.  Also, while the IIgs
can see a shared directory on the G4, it cannot write successfully to it. 
For my file sharing, I use the LC-III as a file server visible to both the
G4 and the IIgs.  

There are some annoyances, most particularly that I can't get the G4 to
automagically mount the server on startup, though GS/OS does it very
nicely.  That, and neither OS-X nor GS/OS sets filetypes correctly on the
server, though OS-X can be told to ignore filetype, and I have File-a-Trix
on the IIgs to fix 'em there.  Understandable, since MacOS, ProDOS, and
OS-X all have different filetype specs.

I find that file transfers between the IIgs and the LC-III are almost as
fast as between the IIgs and its hard drive.

Now, if anybody knows how I could telnet into my G4 via Appletalk.....

--Dave Althoff, ][
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