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From: ollef@sics.se (Olle Furberg)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: AppleShare running in the background (Was: IPT PSN problems)
Message-ID: <1989Sep9.174852.11397@sics.se>
Date: 9 Sep 89 17:48:52 GMT
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Organization: Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista
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In article <8909071849.AA22489@icarus.cns.syr.EDU> demarsee@ICARUS.CNS.SYR.EDU (Darryl E. Marsee) writes:

>For those who don't know, PSN is an AppleShare-compatible
>server product that runs in the background of a Mac
....
>For buying an N-user version of PSN, you get N number of disks
>to put servers on N number of machines, each of which can
>handle N number of concurrent users logged in.  
...
>they seem to not be able to communicate with
>    the Kinetics box. 

Sigh! Isn't there any other software out there which could talk through
kinetics box and with the same licensing agreement as AppleShare (i.e.
1 server and N users logged in)?


Is there no way to run an Appleshare fileserver in the bg of e.g. HyperCard?
How does AppleShare 2.0 "know" if a program is AppleShare compatible? Is there
a way to force AppleShare to run a any program in the foreground?

I must say I'm very disappointed in Apple for AppleShare 2.0: the server
doesn't run in the background and it's not possible to change CD in the CD-ROM
without shutting down the server. And still it needs a dedicated systemfolder:
why can't it run as a usual RDEV or Application (Multifinder friendly)?!


    /Olle