[WinMac] Re: Re: Re(2): Choosing a WinMac server

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Wed, 02 Jun 1999 10:56:37 -0400

        On a more serious note about the original post, let's try to find out
*why* Roger's test #2 "partially" failed. I would suspect that the space
could actually be part of the problem: There are several ASCII
implementations of the space on the (U.S. English) Mac, including the
Option-Space (non-breaking space); plus the en-space and em-space in
PageMaker & Quack.

        Here are some important questions you need to examine:

        1) Which code page are you using on the PC?

        2) Which version(s) of win 95 & MacOS are you using? Are you using U.S.
English, International English, or localized (Swedish) version(s) of ASIP
6.1.1, MacOS 8.5.1, and/or Win 95?

        3) Are these versions all in sync, i.e. are you using the Swedish
version of `95 vs. the Int'l versions of ASIP & MacOS?

        4) Were any of these issues fixed in MacOS 8.6? Win 95 v2.1? What about
a win 98 client, patched to the latest fixes?

        5) Does this problem reproduce when you hook up an NT4/workstation box
(or an NT/Server box with AppleTalk disabled) as a client to the ASIP
server?

        You raised some interesting issues about ASIP, and they are complicated
to a degree by the fact that you (probably) are running International
versions; and unfortunately international versions of software have extra
bugs that are harder to weed out - Or not fixed - during beta testing,
due to the smaller demand Let's face it: If you are Micros~1 or Apple,
and you need to push an OS out the door, you'll be a LOT more concerned
about swatting bugs in the English versions than in the less ubiquitous
Swedish version.

        Cheers!

        Dan

PS: It was funny on Sunday afternoon when Kenny Bräck was talking to the
King of Sweden from Victory Lane, and he had to cut the king short
because A.J. wanted him. When Bräck said he was on the phone with the
King of Sweden, he was told he was wanted by the "King of Houston!" :)

At 09:32 AM 6/2/99 -0400, I wrote:

>

> I guess Indy 500® champion "Kenny Bräck" will have to have his name

>spelled phonetically as "Kenny Breck" on the Mac! :)

>

> Cheers!

> Dan

>

>At 03:01 PM 6/2/99 +0200, "Roger" <<tornberg@geo.su.se> wrote (entire
message quoted for clarity):

>>>>

<excerpt>>

>OK the topic is a bit old by now, but I've got some comments on the
ASIP

>SMB support. Don't know much about protocolls behind it, but ASIP
wasn't

>really as great as I thought it would be. I made the following
exercise.

>

>Got myself three files.

> 1. test.doc

> 2. test åäö.doc (containing swedish characters and a space)

> 3. a file with 36 characters and a space.

>

>Tried to copy these files from a Win 95 machine to a B/W G3 running Mac
OS

>8.5.1 and ASIP 6.1.1 and then copy them back. Had no problems with 1st

>file. Wasn't able to copy the 2nd file back to the Win95 maching though
I

>was able to copy it to the G3. The 3rd file was a total failiure, I
wasn't

>even able to copy the 3rd file to the G3 in the first place.

>

>The way I see it the windows support is not good at all. I would have

>expected the 3rd file to encounter some problems (file name being cut
or

>the problem I actually had). However, having problems with swedish

>characters and spaces is way below my expectations.

>

>Explanations, solutions or comments anyone?

>

>/Roger

>

>>winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu writes:

>>>For something that small I'ld suggest AppleShare IP. It's easy to
set

>>>up and administer and you can buy a client for the Windows computers.
It

>>>runs everything that you'll need and almost anyone can manage to
install

>>>and administer it.

>>

>>I would agree with the recommendation, but if your needs are for file

>>services then you won't need any extra client software-- AppleShareIP

>>supports Windows clients via SMB. What kind of printers do you have
on

>>your LAN?

>

>

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