Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!claris!peirce From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Do you want to transfer files over AppleTalk? Message-ID: <10593@claris.com> Date: 2 Oct 89 17:22:06 GMT References: <10169@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <45eb3ff4.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu> <10588@claris.com> <45f37e97.1285f@maize.engin.umich.edu> Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA Lines: 26 > Excuse me. I meant AFP. (In both posts.) ADSP is a faster protocol than AFP. >_______________________________________________________________________________ >Dean Yu | E-mail: mystone@caen.engin.umich.edu >Self-declared License Czar | Real-mail: Dean Yu >University of Michigan | 909 Church St >Computer Aided Engineering Network | Apt C > INCLUDE 'Disclaimers.a' | Ann Arbor, MI 48104 >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aha, AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol -- used by AppleShare) vs. non AFP (ATP or ADSP) makes sense now. PUBLIC FOLDER does *not* implement AFP. That is, PUBLIC FOLDER does not provide you with an AppleShare compatable server. It does not let you mount a volume like AppleShare or TOPS. It does let you copy a file from another mac. I guess it's like FTP or DECNET COPY. Claris Corp. | Michael R. Peirce -------------+-------------------------------------- | 5201 Patrick Henry Drive MS-C4 | Box 58168 | Santa Clara, CA 95051-8168 | (408) 987-7319 | AppleLink: peirce1 | Internet: peirce@claris.com | uucp: {ames,decwrl,apple,sun}!claris!peirce