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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: AppleShare on a //gs
Message-ID: <44958@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 19 Sep 90 18:48:10 GMT
References: <2603@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <2603@idunno.Princeton.EDU> kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kent Andrew Dickey) writes:
>I used the Installer (yes, the Installer!  The disk was kinda dusty, but
>it still went in the drive.  ;-) ) to install Appleshare and Laserwriter
>onto my hard drive.  And I can pull both of them up from within the
>Control Panel.  However, I get no zones or anything in the boxes for
>either of them.  People with Macs in my building say everything works
>for them.
>
Try getting one of them with an easily-movable Mac to bring it to your room
to see if the physical connection is OK or if your configuration is bad.

>I am without my manuals right now, and would appreciate anyone who's set
>up //gs's onto an AppleTalk network to contact me.  I remember hearing
>that there's a third system disk for the //gs which has networking stuff
>on it--where can I get this?

The third disk is the "Apple II Setup" disk and is used to set up an AppleShare
2.0 or later server to handle Apple II booting.  If you're not running a
server, you don't need this disk.  You should be able to get it from any
Apple dealer, though.

>I must be missing something obvious...
>
>Oh yeah, this is how I selected Appletalk--I disconnected my printer
>from slot 1 and put my hard drive in the actual physical slot.  I then
>set slot 1 to My Card, and slot 7 to Appletalk.  Is this all I need to
>do?
>
Keep in mind that AppleTalk in slot 1 leverages off the serial firmware
and is incompatible with cards that require the use of screen holes.  For
example, you can use a Rev. C SCSI card in slot 1 with AppleTalk but not
an Apple II Memory Expansion Card.

>Does it matter what version of AppleShare the University is running if I
>don't plan to boot off of it?  I know I need version 2.0 of Appleshare
>if I plan to boot off of it, but to just USE it, any version is OK,
>right?

Wrong.  AppleShare 2.0 means AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) 2.0 or later,
and *that's* what's necessary for Apple II clients.

>			Kent Dickey
>kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.EDU

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