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- APPLESHARE CLIENT FOR WINDOWS READ ME
- =====================================
-
-
- This document provides late-breaking news about AppleShare Client
- for Windows. It contains the following sections:
-
- For more information
- Bugs fixed
- Duplicate AppleTalk node IDs
- Cisco router incompatibility
- Incorrect default group access privileges
- Disk space requirements
- Installing from a hard disk
- Network adapter support
- Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and unsupported network adapters
- Windows 3.1 and 3.11 and unsupported network adapters
- Changing the location of print spool files
- Viewing Mac OS-formatted files from Windows and DOS applications
- Text-file differences between Mac OS and Windows
- Saving the battery charge on your portable computer
- Supported printer drivers
- Obtaining updated LaserWriter printer drivers
- Useful network utilities
- Obtaining information about Apple products for DOS and Windows
- Removing the Farallon PhoneNET PC product
- WinZip incompatibility
- Using Open Transport
- Documentation Errata
-
- For more information
- ====================
- Refer to the following documentation for more information:
-
- "Getting Started With AppleShare Client for Windows"--
- This printed manual describes how to install the AppleShare
- Client application.
-
- AppleShare Client Installer Help--This file describes
- installing, uninstalling, and re-installing the AppleShare
- Client application. AppleShare Client Installer Help is
- available through the AppleShare Client Installer.
-
- AppleShare Client Help--This file describes the features
- of the AppleShare Client application and how you use it to
- share network resources. AppleShare Client Help is available
- through the AppleShare Client application.
-
- PROBLEMS.WRI--This file describes potential problems you
- might encounter while installing and using the AppleShare
- Client application, describes possible causes for those
- problems and provides suggested solutions to those problems.
- PROBLEMS.WRI is stored on the AppleShare Client for Windows
- Disk 1. During installation, it is copied into the
- C:\APPLE\A_SHARE directory by default.
-
- USERINST.WRI--This file, located on the AppleShare Client
- for Windows Disk 2, describes how to install the AppleShare
- Client application. This file is provided to allow the
- system administrator to modify the installation instructions
- for site-specific purposes and distribute them to users.
- During installation, it is copied into the C:\APPLE\A_SHARE
- directory by default.
-
-
- Bugs fixed
- ==========
- This version 1.0.1 of AppleShare Client for Windows includes
- fixes for a few bugs found in version 1.0. They are as follows:
-
- Duplicate AppleTalk node IDs
- ----------------------------
- In version 1.0, particularly with large networks, it was possible
- for a client computer to assume an AppleTalk node identifier
- that was already being used. This problem could be represented
- by an apparent inability to see any nodes in a particular zone, or
- by a general slowdown in network performance.
-
- Cisco router incompatibility
- ----------------------------
- Cisco model 7000 routers are incompatible with AppleShare Client
- for Windows, version 1.0. These routers are supported by AppleShare
- Client for Windows, version 1.0.2, but may take longer to connect
- to a file server.
-
-
- Incorrect default group access privileges
- -----------------------------------------
- AppleShare Client for Windows, version 1.0.2, automatically
- sets the group access privileges of a newly created folder to
- those of the enclosing folder. In version 1.0, group privileges
- for such new folders were incorrectly set to None by default.
-
-
- Disk space requirements
- =======================
- To install and run AppleShare Client for Windows, you should
- have a minimum of 3.5 MB of free space on your hard disk. To
- use the Uninstall option of the Installer to remove AppleShare
- Client for Windows, you need to have 1.5 MB of free space.
-
-
- Installing from a hard disk
- ===========================
-
- You can run the Installer from a local (non-network) hard
- disk drive to install or remove the AppleShare Client for
- Windows software. To do so, create a directory on your hard
- disk and copy all the files from both AppleShare Client for
- Windows floppy disks into that directory. Then, run the
- INSTALL.EXE program from that directory, and follow the
- installation instructions in the online help or the printed
- book Getting Started with AppleShare Client for Windows.
-
- IMPORTANT! Do not run the INSTALL.EXE program from a
- connected AppleShare server to perform an upgrade.
-
- Note that if a previous version of AppleShare Client for
- Windows is already installed on your computer, you will
- first have to remove the old version (by using the Uninstall
- option of the Installer) before installing the new version.
- After your computer has been restarted, run the INSTALL.EXE
- program again to install the new version.
-
-
- Network adapter support
- =======================
- Before installing AppleShare Client for Windows, you should
- determine whether you are using supported network
- adapter hardware. If your network adapter is not in the
- following list, you may still be able to use AppleShare
- Client for Windows. For more information, see the section
- "Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Unsupported Network Adapters"
- or "Windows 3.1 and 3.11 and Unsupported Network Adapters,"
- as appropriate for your version of Windows.
-
- AE2MC Artisoft AE-2 MCA Ethernet
- ANR Artisoft Noderunner 2000 (NE2000)
- APEXXLT Apexx LocalTalk Parallel Interface (PCTALK)
- APEXXE Apexx EtherWave Parallel Interface (ECHAIN)
- ARTAE2 Artisoft LANtastic Ethernet AE-2 (NE2000)
- ARTAE3 Artisoft LANtastic Ethernet AE-3 (NE2000)
- ASANTE Asante 2000 series Ethernet (NE2000)
- ASANTENW Asante NWMLID Ethernet
- ASANTEMC Asante 2100 series MCA Ethernet (NE2100)
- EL 3Com EtherLink Adapter (3C501)
- EII 3Com EtherLink II Adapter (3C503)
- EII16 3Com EtherLink II/16 Adapter (3C503)
- EIII 3Com EtherLink III Adapter (3C5x9, 3C509)
- EIIIEISA 3Com EtherLink III (3C5x9, 3C579 EISA)
- ELIIIMC 3Com EtherLink III (3C529 MicroChannel)
- EIIIPCM 3Com EtherLink III PCMCIA (3C589)
- EL1616 3Com EtherLink 16 (3C507 in 16 bit slot)
- EL168 3Com EtherLink 16 (3C507 in 8 bit slot)
- ELMC 3Com EtherLink/MC (3C523 MicroChannel)
- EWAVE Farallon EtherWave PCMCIA
- EXP16 Intel EtherExpress 16 Ethernet
- EXPPRO Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter
- LTALK Dayna/Farallon PhoneNet PC3 LocalTalk
- NE2000 Novell NE2000 or compatible Ethernet
- SKYCARD AnamNET LocalTalk PCMCIA
- SMC8000 SMC EtherCard PLUS Elite16C,& 8216
- SMC8003 SMC EtherCard PLUS Elite (8Bit)
- SMC8013 SMC EtherCard PLUS Elite16C,& 8216
- SMC8100 SMC TokenCard EliteSeries 8100
- SMC8100A SMC TokenCard EliteSeries 8100A
- SMC80PC SMC EliteCard PCMCIA
- XIRCOM Xircom Pocket Ethernet
- XIRCOM2 Xircom Pocket Ethernet II
- XIRCOM3 Xircom Pocket Ethernet III
- XIRCOMC Xircom Creditcard Ethernet
-
- Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and unsupported network adapters
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- If you are using Windows for Workgroups 3.11, use your Windows
- for Workgroups installation disks to install your network
- adapter. Once the network adapter is working in Windows, you
- can install the AppleShare Client for Windows software using
- the normal installation procedures.
-
- Windows 3.1 and 3.11 and unsupported network adapters
- -----------------------------------------------------
-
- If you are using Windows 3.11 or Windows 3.1 without Windows
- networking software, and you have an a vendor-supplied ODI
- driver for your unsupported network adapter, you may be able
- to use the procedures in this section to install AppleShare
- Client for Windows.
-
- WARNING: Installing your system for networking requires that
- you manually install the network adapter driver and edit your
- driver configuration file and your DOS startup batch files.
- Performing these procedures incorrectly can cause your
- computer to fail.
-
- Before performing the following procedures, you should
- locate the software and documentation that came with your
- network adapter. As you perform the procedures, you will
- need information from the documentation.
-
- 1. If your network adapter is not already installed,
- install and test it, following the instructions in your
- network adapter documentation.
-
- 2. Restart your computer and run Windows.
-
- 3. Run the INSTALL.EXE program on the AppleShare Client for
- Windows Disk 1.
-
- 4. In the Installation Options dialog box, choose the
- Standard Installation option and click Continue.
-
- The Select Adapter dialog box appears.
-
- 5. Select the line at the end of the adapter list that
- reads "[Other] Unlisted Adapter Option," and click OK.
-
- The Network Adapter Settings dialog box appears.
-
- 6 Enter the configuration settings for your network adapter.
-
- If possible, select values that match the adapter
- configuration settings you used in completing step 1
- above. If no matching settings are displayed, simply
- continue with step 7. If you are already running
- ODI-based networking software, AppleShare Client for
- Windows Installer will use your existing network adapter
- configuration settings.
-
- 7. Complete the AppleShare Client for Windows installation.
-
- 8. Exit Windows and restart your computer as instructed by
- the Installer.
-
- If your computer was not already running ODI-based
- networking software, continue with step 11.
-
- 9. If your computer was already running ODI-based networking
- software using your network adapter card, edit the file
- ATDRIVER.BAT (in the C:\APPLE\A_SHARE directory by default).
- Remove the word "REM" from the beginning of the last line
- so that it reads "C:\APPLE\A_SHARE\ODI.EXE".
-
- 10. Restart your computer.
-
- AppleShare Client for Windows is completely installed
- and should run when you start Windows. Skip the rest of
- this procedure.
-
- 11. Use DOS to copy the ODI driver and any supporting files
- for your network adapter to your AppleShare Client for
- Windows directory. The default directory path is
- C:\APPLE\A_SHARE.
-
- 12. Edit the NET.CFG file in the C:\APPLE\A_SHARE directory.
-
- First, replace all strings of four consecutive X
- characters (that is, XXXX) with the file name of your
- driver, excluding the .COM extension for the file.
-
- Next, change any parameters that do not match your
- adapter configuration settings. Check the values for
- the following parameters:
-
- - the interrupt request level, a one- or two-digit number
- preceded by INT #1
-
- - the I/O port number, a 3-digit value such as 300,
- preceded by PORT #1
-
- - the direct memory access channel, a value of 1 or 2
- preceded by DMA
-
- - the memory access address, a data address value such
- as D8000, preceded by MEM
-
- You should consult your network adapter card docu-
- mentation to determine if other parameters are required
- for your system.
-
- Finally, save the NET.CFG file.
-
- 13. Edit the file ATDRIVER.BAT (in the C:\APPLE\A_SHARE
- directory by default). First, remove the word "REM"
- from the beginning of every line. Next, replace the
- string "XXXX" in the second line of the file with the
- filename of your network adapter driver. Be sure to
- include the filename extension.
-
- 14. Save the ATDRIVER.BAT file.
-
- 15. Restart your computer by turning it off and on.
-
- AppleShare Client for Windows is completely installed
- and should run when you start Windows.
-
- If you experience any problems after completing these
- instructions, see the file C:\APPLE\A_SHARE\PROBLEMS.WRI.
-
-
- Changing the location of print spool files
- ==========================================
- You may want to change the location of the spool files
- used by the AppleShare Client to store PostScript print
- jobs until they can be sent to the networked LaserWriter
- printer. For example, you may want to store these files
- in their own directory or on a disk with more free space.
- Do not change the spool file location to a floppy disk or
- to a CD-ROM disc. It is recommended that you do not change
- the spool file location to a removable cartridge drive or
- a network drive unless you are certain that it will be
- available at all times.
-
- To change the location of the spool files, you must edit
- the [ports] section of the WIN.INI file. There are three
- spool files, each on its own line, in the form C:\LWx.prn=.
- Edit each line to change the pathname of the file. Do not
- change the filename itself (LWx.prn). Also be sure to
- retain the equal sign (=) at the end of the line. Do not
- add a colon before the equal sign; it is a special
- identifier only for ports such as LPT1: and COM1:.
-
- Viewing Mac OS-formatted files from Windows and DOS applications
- ================================================================
- AppleShare Client for Windows hides Macintosh files that
- contain resource forks to prevent their being damaged by
- an incompatible application or operating system. See the
- section "Macintosh File Formats" in AppleShare Client Help
- for additional information.
-
- AppleShare Client for Windows can be prevented from
- marking these files as hidden, thereby allowing access
- to the portions of these files that Windows applications
- might be able to use.To prevent hiding these files, add
- the following lines to the ASHARE.INI file
- (C:\WINDOWS\ASHARE.INI):
-
- [FileRedir]
- HIDERESFILES=FALSE
-
- Warning: Changing this value does not change the format
- of Macintosh files; you should use these files only with
- great care.
-
- Text file differences between Mac OS and Windows
- ================================================
- A Mac OS-formatted text file contains a single character
- to indicate the end of a line of text. Windows text
- files contain two characters for this purpose. Some
- Windows-based text-viewing programs like NOTEPAD and
- WRITE require text files to contain the DOS/Windows
- two-character ASCII combination (line feed and carriage
- return) to indicate the end of a line. Consequently, an
- entire text file created on the Macintosh may appear as
- a single line of text to such applications.
-
- If a text file that you create under Windows is opened
- and then saved (even as a text file) by a Mac OS-based
- application, the file will be formatted for the Mac OS.
- Many word processing applications can process multiple
- file formats. Other low-cost file- and text-translation
- utilities are readily available for converting text
- files and other types of documents.
-
-
- Saving the battery charge on your portable computer
- ===================================================
- Most portable computers minimize battery drain by
- running the hard disk only when necessary. To provide
- timely printing of your files, the AppleShare Client
- print spooler checks the disk every five seconds for
- pending print jobs. This level of disk activity can
- significantly shorten the battery charge time. If your
- computer is not printing to a network printer, you may
- want to disable the print spooling temporarily.
-
- One easy way to disable the print spooler is to
- disconnect all assigned network printers. To discon-
- nect printers, click the print services button in the
- main AppleShare Client window, select each printer, and
- click Disconnect.
-
-
-
- Supported printer drivers
- =========================
- Drivers for some of the newest LaserWriter printers may
- not work yet with AppleShare Client for Windows. If the
- driver for your printer does not seem to work, try
- setting printer driver options as described in the file
- PROBLEMS.WRI, or install a supported driver. The
- supported drivers should work for your printer, but may
- not support the advanced features of that printer.
-
- Note that the Apple LaserWriter printer driver disks do
- not come with your AppleShare Client for Windows,
- Version 1.0.2, product if you purchased it as an upgrade.
- The installation process does not affect installed printer
- drivers. If you need to reinstall Apple printer drivers,
- you can use the driver disks that came with your printer
- or with AppleShare Client for Windows, Version 1.0.
-
- Provided with Windows installation disks:
- Apple LaserWriter
- Apple LaserWriter Plus
- Apple LaserWriter II NT
- Apple LaserWriter II NTX
-
- Drivers provided with AppleShare Client for Windows,
- Version 1.0:
- Adobe Default Printer
- Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS
- Apple LaserWriter Pro 600
- Apple laserWriter Pro 630
- Apple LaserWriter Select 320
-
-
- Obtaining updated LaserWriter printer drivers
- ==============================================
- Windows LaserWriter drivers available for the following printers
- can be obtained from the sources listed below.
- LaserWriter Pro 810
- LaserWriter Select 360
- LaserWriter Select 310
- Personal LaserWriter NTR
- LaserWriter Pro 600/630
- CompuServe
- (go aplsup) Apple Support Forum:Browse Libraries:
- DOS/Windows SW
-
- Apple FTP
- Apple Support (ftp.support.apple.com)
- PUB:APPLE SW UPDATES:US:DOS & WINDOWS
-
- eWorld
- Apple Technical Support
-
-
-
- Useful network utilities
- ========================
- The PC Exchange utility from Apple computer allows you
- to use your Macintosh computer to format floppy disks
- for PC computers and to store PC-formatted files on
- your floppy disks and SCSI hard drives. PC Exchange can
- be purchased at Apple dealers, and it is included for
- free in the Mac OS System 7.5.
-
- The PC Net Exchange utility associates a PC icon with
- PC files stored on a Macintosh server. If you have
- PC Exchange installed, adding PC Net Exchange allows
- you to specify document-to-application and document-
- to-icon mapping based on the filename extension. PC Net
- Exchange can be downloaded for free from the following
- sources:
-
- CompuServe
- (go aplsup) Apple Support Forum:Net & Comm.SW
-
- Apple FTP
- Apple Software Updates (ftp.support.apple.com) in
- the path
- PUB:APPLE SW UPDATES:US:MACINTOSH:
- NETWORKING & COMMUNICATIONS:APPLESHARE
-
- eWorld
- Apple Technical Support
-
-
-
- Obtaining information about Apple products for DOS & Windows
- =========================================================
-
- eWorld:
- shortcut:tech info
- Reaching Out board
-
- CompuServe:
- (go apltil) Apple Tech Info Library
-
- The Internet-Home Gopher Server:
- Home Gopher Server->Computer Information->
- Apple Tech Info Library
-
- The Apple Support and Information Web Server
- www.info.apple.com
- Web URL http://www.info.apple.com
- Web IP address 204.96.16.2
-
- The Apple Support FTP site
- Apple Software Updates
- ftp.info.apple.com
- IP address: 204.96.16.4)
-
-
- Removing the Farallon PhoneNet PC product
- =========================================
- Farallon PhoneNET PC cannot be used on the same
- computer with AppleShare Client for Windows. To avoid
- disabling your existing network services, the
- AppleShare Client for Windows Installer currently will
- not run if PhoneNET PC is already installed. If you
- want to replace PhoneNET PC with AppleShare Client for
- Windows, you must first remove PhoneNET PC from the
- system. At the time this Read Me file was written, no
- commonly available utility is known to successfully
- remove the entire PhoneNET PC. This section details
- how to remove the product so that you can install
- AppleShare Client for Windows. (You must perform steps
- 2 and 5 at a minimum to install AppleShare Client for
- Windows succesfully.)
-
- IMPORTANT: Before you remove any network software,
- you should ensure that no important application depend
- on that software.
-
- The files that you will change or delete are located
- in four directories:
- C:\
- C:\PHONENET
- C:\WINDOWS
- C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
-
- To remove the PhoneNET PC product, perform the
- following steps:
-
-
- 1. Back up all PhoneNET PC files and all system files
- that contain references to them:
-
- In the directory C:\
- CONFIG.SYS
- AUTOEXEC.BAT
-
- In the directory C:\PHONENET
- All files. Especially important are the NET.CFG file
- and the network adapter driver file. You can recognize
- the driver by the .COM extension of its filename. When
- you install AppleShare Client for Windows, you will
- re-install the driver, and you may need to enter the
- settings for your network adapter card that are
- contained in the NET.CFG file.
-
- In the directory C:\WINDOWS
- SYSTEM.INI
- WIN.INI
- PROGMAN.INI
- DOSAPP.INI
- PHONENET.INI
- PHONENET.GRP
- TIMBUKTU.BMP
- TIMBUKTU.HLP
-
- In the directory C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- ADSP.DLL
- PNTPROTO.DLL
- PNTDATA.DLL
- FPRINT.386
- PNTALK.DRV
-
-
- 2. Delete or "remark out" any command lines in the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file that reference or call PhoneNET PC
- batch files. For example, if your system is configured
- to start PhoneNET PC when your system boots, your
- AUTOEXEC.BAT probably contains the following command
- line, which must be deleted:
-
- CALL C:\PHONENET.BAT
-
- You should delete or remark any command lines
- calling the following batch files and executables:
-
- AARP.COM
- ABOTH.BAT
- AFILES.BAT
- APRINT.COM
- APRNT.BAT
- ASHARE.COM
- ASP_WS.COM
- ATALK.COM
- EXTEND.BAT
- PNTVDD.EXE
-
-
- 3. Edit the C:\CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- In the command line beginning "LASTDRIVE=" set the
- drive letter to P.
-
-
- 4. Delete the C:\PHONENET directory and all the files
- in it. These files are as follows:
-
- 3C509.COM
- AARP.COM
- ABOTH.BAT
- AFILES.BAT
- ANET.EXE
- APRINT.COM
- APRNT.BAT
- ASHARE.COM
- ASP_WS.COM
- ATALK.COM
- ATNET.DLL
- CHOOSER.EXE
- CHOOSER.HLP
- COMPAT.COM
- DA.DTA
- DA.EXE
- DA.HLP
- DESPOOL.EXE
- EXTEND.BAT
- LSL.COM
- MAKECFG.EXE
- MINSES.EXE
- NET.CFG
- PAP_WS.COM
- PHONENET.BAT
- PHONENET.WRI
- PNSN
- PNTVDD.EXE
- QIAO.DLL
- README.DOC
- REDIR.EXE
- ROUTE.COM
- SETUP.LOG
- SPOOL (a subdirectory)
- TB2.EXE
- TB2RECPB.DLL
- TB2TOOLS.DLL
- TIMBUKTU.WRI
-
- 5. Edit the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI file.
-
- In the [boot] section, change
- "network.drv=pntalk.drv" to "network.drv="
-
- In the [boot.description] section, change
- "network.drv=PhoneNET PC" to
- "network.drv=No Network Installed"
-
- In the [386Enh] section, remove the following lines:
- "device=fprint.386"
- "PhoneNETMemoryPool=n" (where n is any number)
-
- Remove the entire [fprint] section
-
-
- 6. Edit the C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI file.
-
- In the [windows] section, delete the following line:
-
- "load=PNNOTIFY.EXE"
-
- Delete the entire [MacintoshToPC] section
- Delete the entire [PCToMacintosh] section
-
-
- 7. Edit the C:\WINDOWS\PROGMAN.INI file.
-
- In the [Groups] section, find the following line:
-
- "Group(n)=C:\WINDOWS\PHONENET.GRP"
-
- Make a note of the group number (n).
-
- In the [Settings] section, edit the line beginning
- "Order=" to delete the group number (n) that
- you noted.
-
- In the [Groups] section, delete the Group line:
- "Group(n)=C:\WINDOWS\PHONENET.GRP"
-
-
- 8. Edit the C:\WINDOWS\DOSAPP.INI file.
-
- In the [DOS Applications] section, delete all lines
- that refer to the C:\PHONENET directory. These
- include the following:
-
- C:\PHONENET\ANET.EXE=1
- C:\PHONENET\ASHARE.COM=1
- C:\PHONENET\APRINT.COM=1
-
-
- 9. From the C:\WINDOWS directory, delete the following
- files:
-
- PHONENET.INI
- PHONENET.GRP
- TIMBUKTU.BMP
- TIMBUKTU.HLP
-
-
- 10. From the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, delete the
- following files:
-
- ADSP.DLL
- PNTPROTO.DLL
- PNTDATA.DLL
- FPRINT.386
- PNTALK.DRV
-
-
-
- WinZip incompatibility
- ======================
- The shareware compression/decompression utility WinZip
- is not completely compatible with AppleShare Client for
- Windows, Version 1.0.2. The WinZip Open Archive dialog
- box includes a Network button for connecting to a network
- drive. If you use this button with AppleShare Client
- for Windows installed, you receive an error message. To
- connect to a network drive, use the network connection
- item in the Disk menu from the File Manager.
-
-
- Using Open Transport
- ====================
- If you are running Open Transport, you must use the latest
- version available to ensure compatibility with AppleShare
- Client for Windows.
-
- Documentation errata
- ====================
- Your documentation may refer to this product as AppleShare
- Client for Windows version 1.0.1. AppleShare Client for
- Windows 1.0.2 includes a recently developed change to
- ensure correct installation on systems running NetWare.
- This minor improvement is the only difference between the
- two versions.