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From: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple System 7 (Mac system7)
Message-ID: <1991May23.213615.6800@crash.cts.com>
Date: 23 May 91 21:36:15 GMT
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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On Thu May 23, Invader@cup.portal.com wrote:
} I have a IIgs and a Mac running System 7.0. How do I get info on setting
} up my IIgs so that it can access stuff on the Mac over the network?
} mkd
It's real easy to do, and it's a really cool thing to do.
BEFORE YOU START:
1. Turn off both machines.
2. You'll need to connect your Mac and IIGS with LocalTalk cabling and
connectors.
3. Use PhoneNet connectors and standard RJ-11 modular phone cables
instead of Apple(R) Brand AppleTalk(R) parts. You'll save a bundle.
4. PhoneNet products are real popular, but I've had good performance
from other vendors (HyperNet, TurboNet, etc.) for about half the
cost of PhoneNet brand parts.
5. Both your Mac and IIGS will require a PhoneNet connector box, they
plug into the Printer Port.
6. Attach a phone cable from the Mac to the IIGS. Put a terminating
resistor (comes with the PhoneNet parts) into the second plug on the
IIGS's connector. (And one on the Mac if it has an open plug, too).
(Side note: Most Macs are connected to an AppleTalk-compatible
printer, chances are that you've already got these things connected
to the Mac and its PhoneNet box is already terminated. If so, just
move the resistor from the Mac's box to the IIGS's, and connect
the two boxes with one phone cord.)
7. Startup both computers.
8. Make sure that AppleTalk is enabled in the IIGS's Slots control panel.
If you have to turn it on, you'll need to restart your IIGS after
quitting the Control Panel.
ON THE SYSTEM 7 MACINTOSH:
Turn On File Sharing
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1. Open the Sharing Setup control panel
2. Fill out the Owner Name, Password, and Macintosh name boxes
3. Turn File Sharing ON
4. Turn Program Linking ON (if you want it)
5. Close it
Create A New User
-----------------
1. Open the Users & Groups control panel
2. From the File menu, choose New User
3. Name the new user the name you've chosen for your IIGS
(Side note: My Mac's name is "Morgan", my IIGS's name is "Ryan",
my eight-month-old son. There is a human:computer size
correlation that I couldn't ignore when thinking up names.)
4. Open the new user's icon
5. Enter the password that your IIGS will use to connect to your Mac
6. Click the File Sharing options as desired
7. Click the Program Linking option if you want it
8. Close this user
9. Close the Users & Groups window
Select Sharable Items
---------------------
1. From the Finder, select the items or folders you want to share
2. Choose "Sharing..." from the File menu
3. Set the options as desired for sharing with certain users or groups
4. Save the settings
ON THE SYSTEM 6.0.7 APPLE IIGS:
Install AppleShare
------------------
1. Use System 6.0.7 Installer and install AppleShare
2. Quit the Installer and restart your system
3. You'll be asked to select a name for your IIGS, enter the same
name as the New User you set up previously on the Mac.
Connect To The Mac
------------------
1. In the IIGS Finder, choose Control Panel from the Apple menu
2. Select the AppleShare control panel device
3. Select the file server listed -- should be the name of your Mac
4. Connect as a "Registered User"
5. Enter your IIGS's password as set up on the Mac
6. Click OK
Select Server Volumes
---------------------
1. Select the server volumes from the list that you want to open
2. Click the check boxes if you want those items to be opened at start up
3. Decide if you want your "name only" or "name and password" saved for
subsequent connections when you startup. "Name only" is good if your
machines are in an office environment and you need extra security.
4. Click OK
5. Close the Control Panel
You should now see the selected server volumes on your desktop. You're
ready to start working with shared files!
SOME NOTES
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Filenames
---------
There appears to be some trouble on the IIGS in accessing folders and files
on on the Mac that ARE NOT legal ProDOS file names. You'll want to make
sure that all the files and folders on the Mac have names that are legal to
ProDOS so that you can access them from your IIGS.
Catalog
-------
If you use APW or the ORCA/Shell, don't use the built in CATALOG command to
view a server volume's contents. Mike Westerfield hasn't made his shell
AppleShare-friendly *yet*, and thus you get errors trying to access those
volumes with the CATALOG command. Use the "Files -l" tool instead to mimic
the CATALOG command for now.
Text Files
----------
If you create files from your IIGS on a server volume, notably text files,
you can change their type *from the Macintosh* to TEXT with a creator of
your favorite text editor or word processor (e.g. "ttxt" for TeachText).
Now you can easily view text files that your IIGS created on your Mac's
disk.
MPW
---
If you're using MPW 3.1 to develop Apple IIGS software, you'll need to get
it updated to 3.2, as 3.1 won't run under System 7. And if you switch to
System 6.0.7 to run MPW 3.1, you lose File Sharing abilities. It's a real
headache -- especially since APDA still hasn't made MPW 3.2 available! Call
APDA and bug them to hurry up.
--Morgan Davis
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