The PortShare™ software enables your Macintosh to share modem ports with other Macintosh computers connected to your network.
This demo version of PortShare™ has limited session time (3 min), it also has problems with some hardware.
The 20-pages manual can be compressed into few paragraphs (System 7 users can use Balloon Help™):
Installation (both clients and servers):
1. Place the PortShare file into “System Folder”s (into the “Extensions” folders if you use System 7). Make sure that AppleTalk is on.
2. Reboot computers.
On Server (i.e. on a Mac with a modem connected):
1. Select PortShare in the Chooser and click "Options...".
2. Enter the name for your modem (or what you have connected to the modem port) in the "Port Name:" field, check the "Share Local Port" box and click "OK".
On Client:
1. Select PortShare in the Chooser and select the port name.
2. Click "Options..." and select the "Use Remote Port" button.
If you want to use your local modem port, select the "Use Local Port" button.
When your modem port is being used by a network user, you can see his/her name in the "Options..." dialog box. You can also click the "Disconnect" button to make him/her to cry.
Any Mac can operate as a PortShare server and as a PortShare client: when somebody works with your modem, you can use modems attached to other Macs.
Some communication programs use the serial port in a rather "illegal" way and they can make PortShare very unhappy, so:
SAVE YOUR CURRENT WORK before using a communication program with PortShare the first time.
