AppleTalk over NT

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Mon Nov 20 09:00:23 2000

At 09:08 AM 11/20/00 -0500, Cini, Richard wrote:
> I got the Mac services working. Apparently it wasn't a problem on
>the Mac side.

I wish my memory was good enough to jump in and help; it was only
a few years ago that I had NT Server exporting shares to my Macs.

>I've been using TransMac to move disk images to the ci. Moving them
>across the network doesn't work because the type/creator information is not
>moved. As far as I can tell, neither TransMac or HFV work with remote
>(network) drives, so I can't get their translation benefits. Also, using a
>null-modem setup doesn't transfer the credtor information. So, the
>transferred programs are not usable.

There are a number of Mac utilities that can show you the type
and creator four-char IDs for a given file, as well as tools that
can automatically or drag-and-drop set the type/creator based
on wildcards. For example, you can set it up to change all those
generic *.TIF files to PhotoShop, then they'll work when double-clicked.
Similarly, you can change type/creator for disk images, if Apple's
disk utility wasn't recognizing them in its Open dialog. Also,
StuffIt is your friend, in that StuffIt will ignore type/creator
when you open the archive, and all the files inside will be
preserved with their Mac data and resource forks.

- John
Received on Mon Nov 20 2000 - 09:00:23 GMT