Subject: Re: Workstation II Card, Getting it Working.. From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) Date: Tue, Jun 23, 1998 10ÿ50ÿÿÿÿ EDT Message-id: <1db3sco.1eqxd9k78ubclN@dempson.actrix.gen.nz> Karl Asha wrote: > I've got a Workstation II card in my IIe, along with assorted software > which all seems to rely on appletalk being installed. I haven't seen the original disks that come with the workstation card. I imagine it is supplied on both 5.25" and 3.5" disks, but I've only ever seen a copy of the 3.5" version. The complete set of software supplied with the card includes the following key files: ATINIT: AppleTalk hooks for ProDOS and configuration. CHOOSER.II: network printer chooser. NAMER.II: network printer namer. LOGON: file server logon utility. LOGOFF: file server logoff utility. ACCESS.II: folder access rights editor for use with a file server. There is also a copy of the Apple II System Utilities, PRODOS (version 1.5, I think) and BASIC.SYSTEM. CHOOSER.II, NAMER.II and ACCESS.II have several companion files. There are two ways to get the card to work. 1. Boot over the network. This requires a Macintosh running the full AppleShare server software (version 2.0 or 3.0 - later versions do not support Apple II network booting), and the Apple II support files must be installed. 2. Boot from a ProDOS-8 disk which has been set up properly. It requires ProDOS-8 1.5 or later (1.4 may work, but is not fully supported). You must have the ATINIT file that came with the Workstation card in the root directory of your boot disk. The ATINIT file is loaded automatically by PRODOS before it launches the startup application (xxxxx.SYSTEM). It locates the workstation card and patches the ProDOS global page to hook all calls through the workstation card. This allows a file server to be accessed. ATINIT also contains the network configuration settings, in particular the machine name, chosen printer type and name. If you have more than one network-enabled boot disk and you change any of these settings, you must copy the updated ATINIT file to all boot disks. These settings are copied into the workstation card when you boot the disk. (I think network printing will work for subsequent boots even without ATINIT, but I've never experimented with this.) Once you have ATINIT loaded, CHOOSER.II and the other utilities will be able to operate. CHOOSER.II lets you pick a printer (ImageWriter II or ImageWriter LQ with AppleTalk card installed, or a LaserWriter). It can also be used to pick a local printer connected to either port. (Incidentally: do you have the connector box that comes with the card? It provides two Mini-Din-8 connectors, and connects to the card with a ribbon cable.) To print to the network printer, set your software to print to the slot of the workstation card. If you have a Mac hooked up to the network, and it has File Sharing turned on (and set up correctly), then you can run the LOGON utility to log onto the file server. -- David Empson dempson@actrix.gen.nz Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand