I know that NeXT can mount Mac drives from an AppleTalk network, but can a Mac mount NeXT drives?
NS/OS is not a native speaker of AppleTalk, but it can be taught. NS/OS can mount Mac formatted disks on the SCSI chain. NextStep can format and mount MacOS floppies. (A Mac cannot mount Next-formatted media.) NextStep 3.0 included an atalkd daemon, which enabled the Next to act as an AT client and print to AT printers, but this was removed from subsequent versions of NS. Attempts to install it over 3.2 or 3.3 have generally not been successful and usually result in system panics. NextAnswer 1470 contains some info about AT print and/or file sharing solutions from InterCon Systems and from IPT Inc. (IPT’s product is apparently now discontinued). In 1997, InterCon published a product that enabled AppleTalk tunneling through TCP/IP. The Columbia AppleTalk Package will enable UNIX machines, inlcuding NextStep, speak AppleTalk and to provide or use file or print services over AppleTalk networks. The CAP software is distributed as souce code. Frank M. Siegert has built an installer and fron
