Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!claris!jazzman From: jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Appletalk on an GS and Appleshare Message-ID: <10231@claris.com> Date: 1 Jun 89 22:23:32 GMT References: Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA Lines: 32 From article , by joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph): > Kevin > > I had that thought when Apple II support was introduced about a year > ago. My understanding of the technical realities are as follows: > > Apple II support is NOT part of the AFP protocols and therefore is not > supported by ANY third party AFP compatible servers. This includes > the IBM servers, Vax and Sun servers and dedicated HD boxes. Apple > II support is an ADDED FEATURE of Apple's AppleShare 2.01 software and > is only feasable with a Macintosh as a server. > > I would love to be proved wrong on this, but I believe it accurately > reflects the current state of the art. > > Seymour Joseph We have a VAX at Claris that is running an AFP file server. My GS with system 5.0 has no trouble accessing this machine through the AppleShare FST. It almost works with the Suns we have, crashing after drawing the icon on the desktop. I have a feeling that the Sun AppleShare emulation we are using is doing something weird which the Mac doesn't care about but the GS does. Anyway, GSOS should read any valid AFP volume. That's what the FST is designed to do. It does read the VAX. -- Syd Polk | Wherever you go, there you are. jazzman@claris.com | Let the music be your light. GO 'STROS! | These opinions are mine. Any resemblence to other GO RICE! | opinions, real or fictitious, is purely coincidence.