On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 10:23 PM, Michael B. wrote: > What is the Websharing option? I've not heard of anything that was > called > exactly that.
I think e's talking about the internal web servers built into XP and OS X. Good for one-way file transfer, i.e. one machine downloads from another. Good for getting things from the PC to the Mac and maybe the other way around. The downside is that you become in essence a webmaster on your own machines. > I'd use Darwin x86, however I don't have a motherboard that can run it. > The > only Intel mobo I have is installed in a critical PC that I can't > change the > OS on, and I can't get full functionality in any other OS for that > particular machine. All other mobos are VIA-based, which Darwin won't > run on > (yet). Via chipset boards run Linux just fine though - that supports all you need to do albeit with some configuring. And Linux will run on an old 486 or Pentium - it'll work well for just file serving in those capacities with 32 meg. Ideally though 64 - 128 meg would be better and would let you use some GUI tools to configure things rather than the normal but harder way of editing configuration files an using command line options. My recommendation is something like Mandrake and make sure you load the packages Samba and netatalk. > Basilisk is a possibility, however I'd rather have a more elegant, > simple > solution. I unfortunately don't know anything about Mac programming, > otherwise I'd put my money where my mouth is and try and write a > NetBIOS or > SMB driver for Macs! You'd probably be better off porting Samba to MacOS Classic. ;-) > Any other idears?? Hmm...there are some free ftp servers that can be run on the Macs/PCs in question. Ideally though you'd want a cleaner solution in my opinion. Store the files in one place though and use ftp to move them around would be a workable solution. Mike Hebel -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
