Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!olivea!apple!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: ? Apple LANs Message-ID: <13025@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 4 Mar 91 10:19:13 GMT References: <28890.27d17b5d@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing Lines: 28 In article <28890.27d17b5d@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> dewhirst@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >Does anyone know of LAN software for the //GS that doesn't require a dedicated >server like TOPS for the PC and Mac? Or is it possible to set up a //e as a >server? What are the network options for a small Apple //GS system (2-3 CPUs)? I'd say AppleTalk is your best option... possibly your only option for the moment on the GS. If you want to simply network computers and printers (such as a LaserWriter or ImageWriter), it's really easy. If you want to boot off of a network server, then you need a dedicated Macintosh as the server.. You can hook both Macs and GSes up to the network.. Maybe some enterpreneuring member of the net has written software to use a GS as a server.. You can also buy 'Workstation Cards' (I think that's what they're officially called) to hook //es up to AppleTalk.. I think you're actually almost buying a whole other computer on a card... I am pretty sure it has a CPU and ram of its own.. and they're pretty damn expensive too.. It's great the GS has the capability built in.. To everyone else: You can also have both Macs and GSes boot from the network, correct? Somehow each one boots its correct operating system? --