Hmmm ... A PC emulator running on a PC, that needs PC hardware? -- I
don't get it.
Actually, the 128k "Plus" ROMs eat into your 512k RAM the same way an
INIT would, which is why they are not recommended for a 128k (the HD20
INIT won't even load on a 128k) -- it's worse actually because it's
also loading info about SCSI, etc. that the 512k doesn't need and can't
use (without 3rd party add-ons).
Yes, the built-in AppleShare file sharing under System 7 works fine,
but it's no different than any other workstation client. If you were
running an AppleShare server on your SE/30 (I bought my AS v2.0 for
around $10 off eBay), then it wouldn't matter what OS you were running
on the 512ke (you'd really be pushing it to run System 7 and you'd have
to omit most of 7's features to get it to load, even with a hard
drive). Basically your VMWare would talk to the SE like another server
and even though NT doesn't recognize System 6 or earlier AppleShare,
the AppleShare Server on the SE/30 running System 7 will translate from
any other version of AppleShare accessing it. So, IMHO, you should turn
the SE/30 into an AppleShare file server to link your vintage Macs
running System software appropriate to the computer's resources, then
you'll have complete access between all your computers.
On Jun 7, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Geoff Barrall wrote:
Answers inline below.... Hope this is some help.
On Jun 7, 2005, at 2:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
VMWare? Is that like Virtual PC? What hardware do you run it on, the
G5? So unlike the OS9 emulation under OSX, the VMWare uses its own
protocols outside the OSX environment (according to VMWare website,
they don't support Mac OSX)?
>> I'm actually running it on a PC with Windows although Linux would
do just as well. It may be that Virtual PC on OS X could provide the
same effect. The most important thing is that the virtual machine
needs full network access.
Seems like overkill to run System 6 on your 512k -- that can't leave
RAM for much else. Does System 6 include the HD20 INIT, or do you
have to add the INIT (I know System 6 officially does not support the
HD 20 itself).
>> Actually my 512K has the new ROMs and so it's more like a 512Ke.
These ROMs support the HD20 without any additional software.
Since the 512k talks to the SE, you should be able to run any
AppleShare aware system. If the SE/30 is running the server
application, then you should be able to talk directly to your G5
vis-a-vis the otherwise compatible servers.
>> I'm using AppleShare from 7.0 It's works fine between my SE/30 Plus
and 512K. For some reason the 512K can't see the NT v4 server although
both the Plus and SE/30 can so I guess you need 7.0 at least to
connect. I did a quick look on the web and found some evidence that
this is the case in practice although it's not what the Microsoft
website claims.
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