Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!shinobu.sgi.com!hargrove From: hargrove@harlie.corp.sgi.com (Mark Hargrove) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: nfs for mac? Message-ID: Date: 1 Mar 90 21:16:03 GMT References: <9402@unix.SRI.COM> <27398@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@shinobu.SGI.COM Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 27 In-reply-to: Brita_CC_Meng@cup.portal.com's message of 28 Feb 90 14:27:32 GMT In article <27398@cup.portal.com> Brita_CC_Meng@cup.portal.com writes: Ric, Talk to the folks at Cayman Systems (617/494-1999). They have a LocalTalk-to-Ethernet gateway (like Kinetics box) that you can install AppleShare-to-NFS mapping software in. The physical box is called GatorBox; the software that gets downloaded into the GatorBox is called GatorShare. GatorShare lets AppleShare users mount/access NFS volumes over the net, and NFS users mount AppleShare volumes over the net. It's AFP-compatible, so the only software you need (aside from GatorShare) is the AppleShare client stuff. Brita We've been using the Cayman GatorBoxes and GatorShare for many months now, and I can also say nice things about the product and the company. One cautionary note: Make sure you test GatorShare with your own NFS before you buy it. The NFS "spec" is (as you many know) a little loose. We had no problems with the GatorBoxes on our 3.1 IRIX operating system NFS, then saw some write problems when we released the New Improved 3.2 IRIX OS. The reason: our NFS had changed a little bit, and would no longer completely play with GatorShare. Both Cayman's and SGI's NFS are within spec. How can this be? Easy, when specs are loose. Where both SGI and Cayman fell down a bit was in both of our failures to remember a cardinal rule when dealing with loose specs: "Be generous in what you accept, and conservative in what you request."