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From: dxjsb@dcatla.UUCP (Jack S. Brindle)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: Who Makes "Tangent*Share"?
Message-ID: <7760@dcatla.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 88 13:29:54 GMT
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Reply-To: dxjsb@sunb.UUCP (Jack S. Brindle)
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> We bought TangentShare right after it came out and had lots of trouble with
> it recognizing multiple volumes on our AppleShare server.  Repeated calls
> to Tangent (some weren't ever returned) yielded little more than "that
> shouldn't be happening".  Apple's own AppleShare PC product seems much more

Interesting. To my knowledge (which is actually rather limited in this case),
Tangentshare never actually shipped. There are quite a few beta copies out,
but the product had not been completed when Tangent met its demise. I do
know, that the product is seeing a bit of rework, and SHOULD be released in
the near future. The product indeed does exist, and works quite nicely. It,
along with most of Tangent's other products have survived Tangent, and will
shortly reappear from other vendors.

For those that wonder what TangentShare is, it is actually two parts. One is
an Appleshare client that runs on PCs and compatibles that allows them to
access files on Appleshare servers. The second, and more significant to
Mac types, turns a PC or clone into an Appleshare server. The idea is that
instead of spending lots of bucks for an SE with hard disk, you simply
buy an inexpensive AT compatible with hard disk. The cost savings are
significant. Tangentshare WILL run on an XT or compatible (in fact that is
the configuration we run), but it is slow. An AT is definitely recommended.

As Alexis said earlier, watch Boston. Things could get interesting.
Jack Brindle