Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!dwal From: dwal@midway.uchicago.edu (David Walton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: System 7.0 Message-ID: <1990Jul28.050117.10207@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 28 Jul 90 05:01:17 GMT References: Organization: U. Chicago Computing Organizations, Academic and Public Comp. Lines: 32 In article jg23+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Robert Gray) writes: > > Hi, Does any one know if the new system 7.0 alphla support mutlifinder >and fileserver, like I can run my fileserver and still do my work. And >some of my friends told me it crash a lot, is that true? And they also >said it will take up 4meg of my ram. Is system 7.0 usable? System 7.0 ALPHA certainly crashes a lot; that's why it's alpha software, not release. By the time the release version gets out, I'm sure that most of the bugs will be long gone. (I hope so; the alpha version has enough debug code to make it impossibly slow...:-) You will be able to use FileShare (personal AppleShare) and still use your Macintosh. There's a control that allows you to specify how much processing priority is given to you and how much is given to users of your server. In general, though, I doubt that you'd want to use FileShare as a permanent file server (especially if you want to use the Macintosh at the same time). For a permanent file server, it's probably best to buy the real AppleShare, especially if users will be accessing it frequently. FileShare was made for limited data sharing between users on a local network. >Thanx > >John -- David Walton Internet: dwal@midway.uchicago.edu University of Chicago { Any opinions found herein are mine, not } Computing Organizations { those of my employers (or anybody else). }