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From: swsh@ellis.uchicago.edu (Janet M. Swisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Networking two Macintoshes: what do I need?
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Date: 17 Jan 91 20:08:40 GMT
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In article <1991Jan17.183928.16834@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) writes:

>>In article <19076@shlump.nac.dec.com>, long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
>>>  I'd like to network a IIci and an SE. They are in close proximity...
>>>  Appletalk is fine, as high transmission speeds are not a priority, and I'd
>>>  like to trade off hassle vs. cost.  I'd prefer
>>>  a method that would let me mount a folder(s) from one machine on the other
>>>  (preferably two-way--i.e. a folder from the ci mounted on the SE and vice
>>>  versa at the same time). Security is not important.
>>>  What products do I need to accomplish this? I know there's shareware
>>>  called Public Folder--will this do what I need? 

>   I'm sorry but I must be either mighty dim, else missing something.  What's
>that thing apple supplies with the system for free, AppleShare.  Doesn't that
>do exactly what the original poster asked for ? 

I think you're missing something.  The AppleShare chooser device
supplied with the System only allows you to be an AppleShare client.
There needs to also be an AppleShare server on the same network for
this to be any use.  Since a server is a dedicated machine, it's not
what Rich Long wants.  The two programs that I know of that I think
will do what he wants are TOPS (commercial) and SingleShare
(shareware).  They both allow you to make certain folders or portions
of your disk readable and writable by others on the network.  I'm not
certain, but I think SingleShare uses the AppleShare client software
on the remote end.

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