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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!csus.edu!news
  3. From: eps@futon.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
  4. Subject: Re: NeXT as Mac server?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug16.075604.26875@csus.edu>
  6. Sender: news@csus.edu
  7. Reply-To: eps@cs.sfsu.edu
  8. Organization: San Francisco State University
  9. References: <1992Aug13.041127.8872@cubetech.com> <1992Aug14.151242.6333@ldp.com>
  10.  <1992Aug16.003916.8811@cubetech.com>
  11. Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 07:56:04 GMT
  12. Lines: 12
  13.  
  14. In article <1992Aug16.003916.8811@cubetech.com>
  15.     andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern) writes:
  16. >3.0 does run ethertalk, but there is no server support or API to
  17. >AppleTalk.  It would be way better to port the entire CAP package and
  18. >not run the 3.0 client than to try and hot-wire portions af CAP in
  19. >without stepping on the toes of the NeXT AT client.
  20.  
  21. Hmm...  I thought NeXT said they'd furnish an API.  Where does
  22. the AppleTalk support live?  In the automounter?  Is there a
  23. kernel server?  How is printer support implemented?
  24.  
  25.                     -=EPS=-
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