Re: [NTLK] OS X

From: Tom Spielman (tomspielman_at_mac.com)
Date: Wed Aug 15 2001 - 16:20:29 EDT


Michael J. Hußmann wrote:

> If AppleTalk is activated, you can access an AppleShare server running
> under Mac OS X via AppleTalk from other Macs running under Mac OS 9 (I'v=
> e
> just checked by booting my Cube under X and my iBook under 9.1). What is=
>
> not possible for Mac OS X is to access an AppleShare server using
> AppleTalk -- only TCP/IP is supported in that direction. As OS support
> for file sharing has nothing to with Classic vs. Carbon, classic apps
> can't use AppleShare through AppleTalk in that direction either. Classic
> totally relies on Mac OS X proper for driver support, so when some
> peripheral such as a scanner isn't supported by Mac OS X, it will not
> work under Classic either

<snip>

Although I agree with most of the above, I disagree that classic totally
relies on X for driver support. My Epson Stylus Color 800 with a network
card does work fine under classic but didn't under X until recently.
There's no official X driver for that model, yet it does work under
classic using the Epson drivers for pre X MacOSes.

Having said that, I can now print to that printer under X with mixed
results using a hacked up version of Ghostscript and the uniprint driver.

I think a generally correct statement as far as NCU, Appletalk and OS X
is concerned would be to say that OS X has some support for Appletalk,
enough for NCU to be able to use Appletalk over Ethernet under classic.

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