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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: How much system file homogeneity is necessary?
Message-ID: <3009@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>
Date: 30 Aug 90 04:20:48 GMT
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(1) To what degree is it still true that Macintoshes on a LocalTalk network
must be running the same version of the System file, LaserPrep, etc.?
I presume that, e.g., System 6 is incompatible with System 5 and the usual
woes will occur.  What about various releases of System 6, e.g., 6.0.1 vs.
6.0.2?

(2) What about cases where more than one LT network is involved, e.g., two
nets connected over a bridge, or two nets that reach each other through
an intervening ethernet via tunneling?  What degree of system homogeneity
is necessary then?

(3) When the system is updated, what approaches might one take to avoid
running around to each Macintosh on the net, updating each one individually?

Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu