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From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
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Subject: Re: sys7 and appletalk networks
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Date: 20 May 91 14:57:42 GMT
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In article <1991May19.212005.8955@milton.u.washington.edu> choda@milton.u.washington.edu (Bob Marley) writes:

>First off, is it possible to use system 7 on a LAN? If so, would it only

You can use 7.0 on workstations, but as far as I know, NOT on the server.  I
believe you need AppleShare 3.0 to be using System 7.0.

>be used with the server and not the seperate workstations (as workstations
>are just your standard 800k floppies, there isnt much room...)? Or is

Well, if you're running floppy-only workstations, 7.0 is out for them.  

>it possible to have it so that everyone who uses it is able to access
>the advantages of the big Seven? If so, how? Has anyone done this yet?
>I don't like messing around with the LAN as is (its pretty shaky, change
>one thing, and one init... and you are toast) so I am pretty cautious....

What do you have running on your network?  I've got 40-odd machines and 8 
printers on one network and most machines have at least a half-dozen non-Apple
inits running without problems.

I'm using 7.0 on my machine to give people access to some of my files.  They
won't have access to anything 7.0-related, i.e. no TrueType etc.  

(Hmm, no there's an idea.  Use INITShare to access the TrueType init on a 
server.)