Re: CAP under NeXTstep 3.0

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From: Dirk Herr-Hoyman
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:29

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In article <1993Jan25.072734.23701@fzi.de> bwild@fzi.de writes:
> We have CAP 6.0 running on our NeXTs under 2.1 and 3.0 without any problems.  
In  
> contrast to the Appleshare client software of NeXT which is part of NS3.0 the  
> CAP package exhibits a very good stability and reasonable performance. After  
> the porting of Adobe LaserWriter fonts from Mac to NeXT via Metamorphosis we  
> can even use the NeXT laser printer without any problems. The only  
prerequisite  
> is an Appletalk/Internet gateway (e.g. Kinetics FastPath or Cayman Gatorbox)  
> because the NeXT version of CAP doesn't support EtherTalk, i.e. the direct  
> integration of Macs with Ethernet cards and NeXTs.
> 
Could you explain how you have your Next and your AppleTalk network connected?   
If Ethertalk is not supported, I am not clear as to how this is done.

Also, do you know if anyone is working to bring up Ethertalk?  

--
Dirk Herr-Hoyman
Internet Publishing Specialist
University of Wisconsin - Extension
hoymand@wisplan.uwex.edu
608-262-0518 (voice)
608-265-2530 (fax)

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From: hoymand@wissago.wisc.edu (Dirk Herr-Hoyman)
Subject: Re: CAP under NeXTstep 3.0
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