Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!umn-d-ub!nic.MR.NET!shamash!nis!ems!pwcs!dennisg From: dennisg@pwcs.StPaul.GOV (Dennis Grittner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: NFS for the Mac Keywords: NFS Macintosh Kinetics Localtalk Ethernet Message-ID: <6007@pwcs.StPaul.GOV> Date: 28 Sep 88 15:58:38 GMT References: <669@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu> <5459@hoptoad.uucp> Reply-To: dennisg@pwcs.StPaul.GOV (Dennis Grittner) Organization: City of Saint Paul, Dept. of Public Works Lines: 34 Just a little followup: Cayman with their Gatorbox nay have the NFS answer once they get the software a little more robust. The construct they are using is mapping NFS to Appleshare. It works somewhat on Sun and needs some work to become useable in all cases. I am hopeful that they will continue to work hard and get it REALLY working good - but the "proof will be in the pudding". We are currently experimenting with one talking to a Sun and a Pyramid. While the Gatorbox works better with the Sun ( my understanding was this was the development system ) it sometimes works with the Pyramid. The only truly irritating thing is when it has a major problem it just DIES ( infinite loop anyone ?? ) and we have to do hard reboots. I think ( again ) that they are darned close and they are working on solving the problems. Jay Towslee at Pyramid is trying to cooperate with them to get better access to a Pyramid - as well. BTW Jay is a good dude and Mac hacker type person with a soul - so... Anyhow I'm damned hopeful that the Gatorbox MIGHT be an NFS answer for the Mac... and then is they get SLIP implemented and the e-mail services/gateway done...... -- Dennis Grittner City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (612) 298-4402 Room 700, 25 W. 4th St. 55102 "Let's just put Ollie, Ronnie, and George in jail!"