Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Appletalk on an GS and Appleshare Message-ID: <32184@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 2 Jun 89 01:11:47 GMT References: <8906010557.AA09209@crash.cts.com> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 29 In article joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) writes: >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. This doesn't sound right--my understanding is that AFP is just there, and any machine that follows the protocol can access volumes using AFP. If you want to actually *boot* an Apple II or IIgs off of the server, that's a different story--then some special support is required on the server's end, so that it doesn't just sit there when an Apple II says "Hey, who are all the available boot servers?" --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.