File Sharing with 6.0.8

[LaPorta]

Hello everyone,

There's something I am trying to do which I think is rather impossible, after trying it a few times. I am looking for a way to share my Mac Plus' hard drive the same way that you can easily share files on System 7 and up, but under 6.0.8. I have tried AppleShare 2, which works, but only as a dedicated server (not to mention doing a number on the System Folder itself). Am I correct in believing that Apple never saw the need for individual machines to share files until System 7? 

 

[olePigeon]

@LaPorta I know that you certainly can share files pre-System 7, I just don't have any expertise with System 6 or older.  Some Googling indicates that what you probably want is AppleShare Workstation.  That'll give you the client-side for AppleShare 2 or 3.

AppleTalk and AppleShare were designed for easy, low-cost file sharing.  It was very, very popular in law offices as it made file sharing very easy.

 

[dcr]

As olePigeon mentioned, it can be done with System 6.  I remember way back when that we had an SE/30 (and it may have had 6.0.5 or 6.0.7 rather than 6.0.8) and it served as a RIP for an imagesetter.  And I know we had AppleTalk and I know I got files to the SE/30 over AppleTalk because many files would have been too large for a floppy.

 

[LaPorta]

I’ll look into the workstation then. The issue I’ve had is it appears that no-directional file sharing isn’t built in like System 7. I can connect to servers, but not share anything from the Plus.

 

[beachycove]

The (expensive, as in something like $1000) server software AppleShare 3 was released in the early 90s to work with System 7, at the same time that a stripped-down version was also rolled into System 7, but there were earlier server versions in the late 80s, as early as 1987 I believe. Presumably there was an AppleShare and an AppleShare 2. My guess would be that what you want, what you really really want is AppleShare 2. 

 

[Cory5412]

If you wanna be my server.

My read on it was always that prior to system 7, you dedicated a machine to be a server, because the hardware wasn't really up to the task of running both as a server and as a desktop machine. Especially '000 based compact Macs.

 

[Dog Cow]

Am I correct in believing that Apple never saw the need for individual machines to share files until System 7? 

Yes and no... But there were also 3rd-party solutions. Look into TOPS file sharing, EasyShare, and MacServe.

I’ll look into the workstation then.

Workstation is the AppleShare client. It's not a server.

 

[olePigeon]

Workstation is the AppleShare client. It's not a server.

In his very first post he said he already tried AppleShare 2 as a server, but couldn't find a way to connect and share files.  I assume he was looking for the client software as well.

 

[LaPorta]

I did get AppleShare 2 to work, but it only functions as a stand-alone server, meaning you cannot share files and use the Finder, etc at the same time.