The Well Connected Macintosh 1987

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THE WELL-CONNECTED MACINTOSH
THE WELL-CONNECTED
MACINTOSH
An Overview ofD esktop Communications
Tony Bove
Cheryl Rhodes
HARCOURT BRACE.JOVANOVICH, PUBLISHERS
Boslon San Diego New York
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Bove, Tony, 1955-
The well-connected Macintosh.
Includes index.
I. Macintosh (Computer) 2. Local area networks
(Computer networks) I. Rhodes, Cheryl. II. Title.
QA76.8.M3B68 1987 004.165 87-21115
ISBN 0-15-195610-3
ISBN 0-15-695666-7 (pbk.)
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Contents
Acknowledgements .......................................................................... x
Preface .............................................................................................. xi
Foreword .......................................................................................... xv
Chapter 1: Preparing for Macintosh Communications ................. 1
Reasons for Connecting ............................................................. 10
Sharing Information .............................................................. 12
Sharing Devices ...................................................................... 14
Learning to Use the Mouse ........................................................ 16
Files and Folders ......................................................................... 18
Finding Information .............................................................. 28
Creating and Saving Files ....................................................... 34
Files and Folders in Communications .................................. 36
Setting Up Devices ...................................................................... 39
Control Panel ......................................................................... 40
Chooser ................................................................................... 43
Expanding Your Macintosh ....................................................... .45
Chapter 2: Modems and Services ................................................... 4 7
Reasons for Using Modems ........................................................ 52
Communication Protocols ......................................................... 54
Synchronizing ......................................................................... 56
Error Checking ....................................................................... 56
Modem Features Checklist ......................................................... 61
Sharing Modems in a Network ................................................... 64
Communication Software ........................................................... 66
Desktop Express and Glue ..................................................... 67
MacTerminal .......................................................................... 82
Microphone and Glue ............................................................ 86
Software Features Checklist ........................................................ 96
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The Well-Connected Macintosh
Using Information Services ..................................................... 99
CompuServe ......................................................................... 100
MCI Mail ............................................................................... 106
Other Services ...................................................................... I 09
Chapter 3: Communicating With the IBM PC and PS/2 ........... 113
Differences in Files ................................................................... 115
Transferring Files Directly ....................................................... 117
Using MS-DOS Cards ........................................................... 119
Cables and Modems ............................................................. 121
Communication Software .................................................... 123
Transferring Files Over a Network .......................................... 124
Sharing Files With AppleShare PC ..................................... 127
Sharing Files With TOPS for the PC ................................... 128
Transferring Files With fnBox/PC ..................................... 137
Sharing Printers With PCs ................................................... 140
PC Networks ......................................................................... 142
File Translation ......................................................................... 144
Apple File Exchange ............................................................ 145
MacLink Plus (TOPS Translators) ...................................... 150
Do-lt-Yourself Translation .................................................... 158
Chapter 4: The AppleTalk Network System ................................ 161
Levels of Networking ................................................................ 167
AppleTalk Cabling and Extensions ......................................... 170
AppleT alk Personal Network ............................................... 171
Hayes lnterBridge ................................................................ 175
Farallon PhoneNET ............................................................. 176
Northern Telecom Meridian PBX ...................................... 179
DuPont Fiber Optics ............................................................ 181
ApplcTalk on a Backbone Network ......................................... 182
Apple Talk on Ethernet ........................................................ 184
Connections to Ethernet: Kinetics and 3Com ................... 186
Other Networks as Backbones ............................................. 188
Chapter 5: AppleT alk Network Services ...................................... 191
Print Spooling ........................................................................... I 94
SuperLaserSpool for Client Spooling ................................. 196
LaserS peed for Client Spooling .......................................... 199
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Contents
Other Client Spoolers and AILernatives .............................. 201
LaserShare for Network Spooling ....................................... 202
Private Electronic Mail .............................................................. 207
lnBox ..................................................................................... 209
InterlVIail ............................................................................... 223
Dedicated File Sharing: AppleS hare ........................................ 230
Installation and Setup .......................................................... 232
Using the Server ................................................................... 239
Access Privileges ................................................................... 242
Managing the Server ............................................................ 246
Dedicated File Sharing: 3+ ....................................................... 24 7
Distributed File Sharing ........................................................... 255
l\tlacServe .............................................................................. 257
TOPS ..................................................................................... 260
I-lyperNet .............................................................................. 264
Network-aware Programs .......................................................... 267
Chapter 6: Mainframes and Minicomputers ................................ 271
The IBM Mainframe World ...................................................... 274
Apple Line ............................................................................. 278
MacMainFrame ..................................................................... 279
Net·way 1O OOA ....................................................................... 286
PBX and Other AI ternatives ................................................ 290
Other \1\Torlds ............................................................................. 292
Pacer and Kinetics ................................................................ 293
AlisaTalk ................................................................................ 302
Terminal Emulation ............................................................. 305
Chapter 7: Planning Your Network .............................................. 309
Connection Checklist ............................................................... 311
Sample Applications ................................................................. 319
General Application Areas ................................................... 321
A Typical Application ........................................................... 322
The Future ................................................................................. 325
Appendix A: File Formats ............................................................. 329
Appendix B: Macintosh Cables ..................................................... 337
Appendix C: Products and Companies ........................................ 343
Index .............................................................................................. 349
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Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the following for their gracious
support, especially in helping us make this book as accurate as
possible:
Bob Denny and Suzanne Young of Alisa Systems; Mimi
Cook-Hall, Peter Friedman, Jean-Louis Gassee, Marie Hed
man, Peter Hirschberg, RicJones,Jahna Michaelson, Sharon
Morgan, Scott Schnell, John Scull, John Sculley, Gursharan
Sidhu, Martha Steffen, and Keri Walker of Apple Computer;
Ray Robideaux and Dave Troup ofA ST Research; Neal Check
owayand Bob Van Andel ofA vatarTechnologies;John Abbott
of Data General Corp.; Russ Hall of GTE; Sharon O'Brien and
John Hall of Hayes Microcomputer Products; Lenny Schafer
of ImageSet; Steve Nelson of Kinetics; Janet a_nd Sanjay
Sakhuja of Krishna Copy Center; Stacey Byrnes and Laurie
McLean of McLean Public Relations; Kevin D. O'Neill of
Pacer Software;Janel Hopper of Regis McKenna; Gary Cosim
ini ofThe New York Times; Tom Reilly ofSuperMac Technol
ogy; Guy Mariande of Tangent Technologies; Jack Hodgson
ofThink Technologies; Derek Brown and Elaine Hansen of3-
Com Corporation; Kim Criswell and Nat Goldhaber of TOPS;
Alex Gernert of Tri-Data; and Hugh Daniel, John Gnu
Gilmore, Troy Sault, and Paul Winternitz. Special thanks to
John Duhring of SuperM ac Software for suggesting the title.
We also would like to thank the editors of Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, especially Susan]. McCulley aud Alice Peters, for
their unflagging enthusiasm and patience through all the
schedule slips. We also thank Bill Gladstone.
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