Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.appletalk:1035 comp.sys.mac:21390 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!apple!rutgers!njin!princeton!phoenix!ijlustig From: ijlustig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Irvin Lustig) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: GatorBox - NFS for Mac Message-ID: <3925@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Date: 10 Oct 88 14:46:35 GMT References: <1780@runx.ips.oz> Reply-To: ijlustig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Irvin Lustig) Organization: Princeton University, NJ Lines: 79 In article <1780@runx.ips.oz> geo@runx.ips.oz (George Bray ) writes: > >The GatorBox from Cayman Systems is an Apple LocalTalk to Ethernet protocol >converter that translates unix NFS server architecture to Apples Filing >Protocol (AFP). This is an update to let folks know of things that don't work yet. We just got our GatorBox and are pretty satisfied with the Appleshare/NFS features and the telnet/FTP features (via NCSA telnet). Cayman is working on these features/problems as I write this. To shorten this note, I only included the things that don't work yet. > The >GatorBox also serves as a full AppleTalk-to-EtherTalk bridge, allowing >EtherTalk-based Macintoshes to access local and remote LocalTalk-based >devices. I have heard that the LocalTalk-Ethertalk gateway stuff doesn't work yet. We haven't tried it specifically because we don't have Ethertalk. >7. Can I use the GatorBox as an AppleTalk bridge? >Yes. The GatorBox is a full AppleTalk bridge. It allows Macintoshes on Someone else at Princeton had a GatorBox for review and had some problems with using the GatorBox as an Appletalk bridge. This is a known problem and Cayman is working on it. >11.Does the GatorBox let me print from my UNIX workstation on Ethernet to a >LaserWriter on LocalTalk? >Yes. Software running in the GatorBox provides a printing gateway from UNIX This doesn't work yet. Cayman now says this will be available during the first quarter of 1989. >12.Can I print from my Macintosh on LocalTalk to a PostScript-based laser >printer attached to my NFS server? >Not yet. This capability will be available to GatorBox users in the fourth >quarter of 1988. This may now be postponed to the first quarter of 1989 (or later?) >For more information on the GatorBox, contact Cheryl Alexander at (617) >494-1999. >Cayman, the Cayman logo, GatorBox and GatorKeeper are trademarks of Cayman >Systems, Inc., >One Kendall Square, Building 600, Cambridge, MA 02139. New address: University Park at MIT 26 Landsdowne St. Cambridge, MA 02139 >The GatorBox is a full AppleTalk bridge. It lets Macintoshes on LocalTalk As mentioned above, there may be problems here. >In the second-half of 1988, the GatorBox will support Serial IP (SLIP). Sin This does not work yet. No word on when it will work, but the box has the connector, so I guess it's just a matter of software. >GatorKeeper's "QuickStart" option gives the network administrator a simple, >fast way to configure a GatorBox. When QuickStart is selected, GatorKeeper >walks the user through a series of screens, each of which requires input of >some required network parameters. Where possible, GatorKeeper suggests >defaults which should work in most network environments. QuickStart does not work yet. >George Bray Voice: +61-2-484-1163 >SAND Consulting Pty Ltd Compu$erve: >P.O. Box 165, Keylink/Dialcom: 07:geo001 >Beecroft, NSW, 2119. Internet: gbray@ditsyda.oz.au >A U S T R A L I A uucp: uunet!munnari!ditsyda.oz au!gbray > GeoPac: Geo ClubMac: George Bray MacNet: geo -Irv Lustig Assistant Professor Dept. of Civil Engineering and Operations Research Princeton University irv%basie@princeton.edu