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Introducing AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000
by Cliff Chew
Information Networks Division
With the MPE/iX 5.0 Release, HP is introducing a new product for Apple
Macintosh connectivity called AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000.
AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000 allows the HP 3000 Series 900 to act
as an AppleShare-compatible File Server for a network of Macintosh
clients. To a Macintosh client, the HP 3000 Series 900 looks identical
to a dedicated Macintosh running as an AppleShare version 2.1 File
Server.
AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000 provides the AppleTalk protocol and
AppleShare File Server services. The file services allows a Macintosh
client to store files on the HP 3000 and share those files with other
Macintosh clients.
In addition to AppleShare File Server services, AppleTalk Services for
the HP 3000 provides other features including:
* Access to MPE files. Macintosh clients can directly access files
residing in the POSIX file system of MPE. Files residing in the
non-POSIX file system of MPE can also be accessed if the files are
in MPE file format with fixed or variable lengths. AppleTalk
Services for the HP 3000 file security is built on top of MPE file
security. File access is governed by the user's MPE file access
rights. MPE ASCII files appear as Macintosh text files.
* Access to multiple volumes. AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000
allows multiple volumes to be defined on the HP 3000. A Macintosh
client can access one or more volumes simultaneously. Each volume
(an MPE account, group, or directory in the POSIX file system)
looks like a disk on the Macintosh. Each directory under that
volume looks like a folder within that disk and individual files
on the HP 3000 look like Macintosh files.
* APIs. Information available on request.
AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000 is supported over Ethernet LANs only
(TokenTalk and LocalTalk are not currently supported). The Macintosh
will need access to Ethernet either by installing EtherTalk Phase II or
through a router.
To connect to AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000 server, AppleShare
client software (version 6.0.8 or later), included with system software,
is required on the Macintosh. Both are included with every Macintosh so
no additional software is required. On the HP 3000, MPE/iX 5.0 and an
802.3 LANIC card are required.
AppleTalk Services for the HP 3000 does not support print services (that
is, printing to a printer attached to the HP 3000). Since most Apple
printers connect to the network, they can be shared by the Macintosh
clients without the HP 3000.