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From: umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Appleshare & System & MS DOS
Message-ID: <1990Sep7.220433.12209@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 7 Sep 90 22:04:33 GMT
References: <1990Sep6.020248.2643@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <44565@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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In article <44565@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson) writes:
>>From what I've read, system 7 will be a full peer to peer network, not
>>requiring a server like it does now.   
>
>Yes and no. System 7.0 will have a function called "personal Appleshare"
>which won't completely replace an appleshare server. It's great if you want
>to share files with a couple of people. it's not designed to handle dozens
>of people.

Great!  Thats all I need it to do!   I realise there is no substitute for
a server in a larger network.  Sometimes it would have been nice to just
hook up a couple of Macs together using Appletalk and not require
a Mac as a server, or need to buy server software.

>>I'm curious to know if anyone knows anything about an MS-DOS network driver
>>being written to connect PCs to this network via Appletalk/Flashtalk cards
>>or Ethernet?  As both server and client?
>
>Appleshare PC. It's been shipping for a long time.
>
I knew Appleshare PC was available, I was just wondering if there was 
going to be a version now that allows the PC to share its drives, as
well as the Mac's?
 
With the new Personal Appleshare, will printers connected directly to
Macs be shareable, or must they continue to be directly on the network?
I would assume they would still be required to be on the network.

Charles