Mark Benson wrote:
Under OS 9, I will access another user's shared folder, and then create an alias for it. I drag the alias to my desktop, for example, and then after that, I don't have to go to chooser, appleshare, etc. etc. I just double click on the alias and the dialogue box to log into the other user's computer comes up. Trying to remember here (been a while) whether this refused to work at all when using X, or just unreliably. When I dragged the alias (from the OS9 computer) across to my (OS X) computer, and for eg. , stuck it on my desktop for easy accessibility, it would either not work at all, or would work the first time, but stop after that. Definitely, on later attempts to access the alias on the X computer, it would tell me the alias wasn't valid, as if you'd moved the original folder or deleted it.
As I see it, there seems to be alot of confusion between 'Appletalk' and 'AFP (AppleShare File Protocol)'. 'Appletalk' is a proprietory protocol used over Serial (as Localtalk) and Ethernet networks (as Appletalk) to connect Apple speaking machines and is self-discovering. It is indeed a bit old and not particularely OS X friendly. 'AFP' is not the same as Appletalk. AFP is the file sharing protocol used on all Apple networks - including Appletalk - to transfer files and mount shared file directories/drives etc. AFP can be used without Appletalk - over TCP/IP for example - however OS X contains limited backwards support (which has got less with each version) for Appletalk to help communitaction with older OS versions. OS 8.0 and later (or earlier versions using OS 8.0's Open Transport and Appletalk/AFP modules) is required to connect to OS X Panther as far as I can establish (extensive practical experience!!) as it requires the ability to use AFP over TCP/IP. I'm not 100% sure about all of the above but it's what I have gathered - this one has been through the wringer a few times and I was the one who got it all confused not so long ago.
Tom - What exactly are you having problems with accessing at work?
Thanks for any help. I would love to get back on X at work. I feel crippled, using X at home and 9 at work, but I have to take work from multiple users several times a day, so this is an important feature for me.
One other thing, I believe that it would work better from folders that were on the server than it did from folders on another user's computer.
Tom
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