I have a few mins to answer a couple of these but not all. Peter Schaff wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 31, 2005, at 06:59 AM, R. A. Cantrell wrote: > Hi there, > > My understanding is that Tiger does not recognize Appletalk and > therefore won't see OS9 computers. My friend said the only way to > connect is to set the OS9 machine thusly: > > "File Sharing is a Control Panel in OS9. Check the "Enable File Sharing > to > connect over TCP/IP" box." > > He said Panther works fine, BTW, so it sounds like you may have other > concerns here. But may this will help? Good luck. > > - Peter Schaff Thanks for the info. Actually I know this already but don't like the trade-offs. First it doesn't work with three of the computers on my network because they can't run OSX or newer. This includes the Amiga (which is frustrating because I just got it seeing my network with Appletalk.) :-( 2nd and this is more worrisome. With Appletalk over IP "turned on" all my OS9 Macs are vulnerable to internet access. So I have to rethink my whole network security issues. Until I get a better solution I can't use Tiger as much as I would like. I wish Apple would put regular Appletalk back into Tiger then that wouldn't be an issue. Peter Schaff wrote: > Bob, > > Just in the middle of trying to get to the bottom of .info files on my > transfers. Sheesh! What a pain. > > I've been attempting to copy stuff you might be interested in from my > Amiga hardrives to fill up a CD. SOMEtimes, but not ALways, the .info > files show up on the PM as text files. Fine, I assume they'll be .info > files when transferred to your Amiga. But frequently the DON'T show up. Thanks, I really appreciate it! > They are frequently not at the top of the directory heap (root), but > more often than not they are there in subdirectories. Fine, so I made > a folder and put the .info files in the root directory of my GFX > partition into the folder. They're there on the Amiga (always show on > the Amiga), but not on the PM. BUT the info command on the PM reveals > there's 132 KB in the folder! So I copied the folder BACK to a freshly > formatted Zip and the Amiga sees them as files. I copied one to ram > and it shows up in the WB! So, SOMEtimes they show up on the PM as a > text file. When? No idea. No rhyme or reason I've found yet. They > are there. Always? No idea, can't see 'em! Sheesh, what a pain! Hmmmm. I have a different take on this. Actually all OSs (that I know of) have invisible files. In fact the Amiga .info files were "invisible" because they didn't have an icon. Also any file on the Amiga that didn't have an icon was the equivalent of an invisible on the Mac (at least on OSX.) Guess you are getting used to depending on the GUI for file access. :-) > I had a program (Finder inhancer) on the iMac. Can't remember the > name, but it showed hidden files. Think I cleared it off. Can't even > remember why I didn't like it, that was a long time back. Maybe I > should find out what it is and d/l a fresh version for the PM. Why do > I need to do this???? Grrrrr. When is a file not a file? When it's > on a Mac. With OSX you have a new level of invisible. Not only is a file invisible when the GUI can't see it but it can be made to be invisible to the command line as well. I want to see all my files in the GUI. When you get used to WYSIWYG you like to depend on it. Another one of my complaints about OSX. Guess they want to hide all the Unix dirt from those that like to clean up their Macs. > I presume Windows has the same delightful weirdness? Should > at least have the option of showing them? Why bother for the 4 people > in the world who are trying to copy Amiga files in CrossMAC, right? > HAHA. Waaaaaaaaa. > > /grumble mode off. > > How was your weekend? Very busy. I saw family one day but otherwise spending most of my limited energy on troubleshooting these G3 computers. This bunch has a bunch of issues to work around. I think they gave them to us because they had problems with them. > AHA! SNAX is the program I need. Was still on the iMac. 3 yrs old > now. I'll see what I can find. Nope, no longer supported. Fine! OK, > SNAX has a new name. It's now called Pathfinder. There is a version > for Jag, one for Panther, and one for Tiger, each to take advantage of > the new features of each OS. SNAX has a pesky requester "please > register and pay me" arrangement that comes up every 3 hours when it's > running. PF gives a 21 day demo period, then costs $34. As SNAX is > no longer "available" and seems to work fine in Jag, would you like me > to send you the file (1.5MB)? No guarantees it will work with Panther, > there was a major change in the finder, but you can run it from the > volume without putting it on your hard drive. Got curious so downloaded it myself. So you won't have to send it. I believe I have heard of Snax before, someone told me it uses "bots" instead of traditional search tools so you can even use it to search the internet. Sounds like fun to try out. > SNAX (and Pathfinder) is a Finder alternative. It shows hidden files!! > 8^) All of them. There are a lot. Worse than I thought. No wonder > they hide 'em. I can think of only three files that Apple doesn't make an icon for (invisible) on OS9. Have no idea how many are on OSX? > I looked at the stuff I have collected, including the "corrupted" Zip I > made from Annie's, and guess what? The .info files are there! Why > would Mac hide these? Haven't seen a bunch of non-Amiga .info files > lying around the hard drive. Anyway, I'll make you a CD. You "might" > even be able to use it to install the stuff. 8^) (fingers crossed) So you can see them with Snax but not with the finder? Guess if there isn't an icon for something on the Amiga then OSX translates that into invisible? Are they invisible to the command line as well? > SNAX is a great little program. I used it after I first got the iMac, > looking for a DirOpus. It's not that, but it does have a lot of neat > features. There's an info panel you can turn on (window attachment on > the side, similar to how Preview handles multi-images). This gives you > real time info on any file you click on. It also has a replacement > info which lets you see how big resource and data forks are, change > permissions, etc. And it doesn't pop up way over on the other side of > the screen. 8^) Kewl! > It also lets you configure the way it looks, alternating colored and > non-colored bands, one per listed file, which makes it a bit easier to > read. Hidden files are dimmed so you can spot them. > > Another neat feature is the ability to "float" the window. This keeps > it on top of all the other windows, just like on an Amiga. ie. > clicking on another window will not put it on top of SNAX! Wish I had > a nickel for every time I had to carefully position a finder window so > I could copy another finder window listing to the first window. So you can do this with any Finder window? That would be nice. > Clicking this checkbox when I need it will be a big help. You can also > set the transparency, though I'm not sure how this helps. I moved the > slider all the way to the right and the window disappeared!!? Guess > you have to be careful, eh? Power!! hehehehe > Anyway, I think I've found a new tool to enhance my experience. Here's > a link to Pathfinder: > > http://www.cocoatech.com/pf.php Thanks for all the information and checking out the .info problem. Gotta go myself, Bob -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! 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