Re: AppleShare workstation software

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From: Kevin Stinson
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:34

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In article <9212141748.AA25995@fraser.sfu.ca>, mclagan@sfu.ca wrote:
> 
> The AppleShare workstation software can be set to open volumes
> automatically at startup, but seems to be impatient when doing
> NBP lookups for servers in other zones, particuarly under busy 
> conditions. Many of our users don't end up with all the volumes 
> we would like them to have.
>  
> Is anyone aware of a hack or solution that would make the
> AppleShare software wait a little longer for server
> names appear?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Scott McLagan
> mclagan@fraser.sfu.ca

Change the 'GNRL' -4096 resource in the AppleShare file. There should be 2
bytes in the resource. The first byte is the NBP retry interval (in units
of 8 ticks (about 1/8 second)). The second byte is the NBP retry count.

Kevin Stinson
AppleShare Engineer
Apple Computer, Inc.

  - All opinions expressed are my own, not Apple's.

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