[WinMac] Re: Film Bureau and Platforms
Aaron Ciesar(aciesar[at]stroke.upmc.edu)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:35:44 -0400
Dan,
I have responded in line and clipped extra text.
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> Subject: Re: Film Bureau and Platforms
> From: "Daniel L. Schwartz" <expresso@snip.net>
> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 16:12:14 -0400
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> SCENARIO: Last Thursday & Friday I was at a SoHo design studio in Bucks
> County (PA). When I arrived after a 3 hour trip in the middle of Hurricane
> Floyd I arrived at the site... With the power off for over an hour and 3
> inches of water in their basement, ruining thousands of dollars in
> photography backgrounds. After the power came back on, I worked for hours
> on a Umax recovering data.
>
> Next morning, the owners went out and wrote a check for >$2000 for a brand
> spanking new G4 & accessories, which I set up for them.
>
> --> Now just imagine their horror *if* when I was unpacking their new
> production machine I cracked the case! :)
Never underestimate the power of duct-tape. ;)
> Well, if you don't call 650,000 beta test copies "released," then what is?
> Jump to <http://www.ntfaq.com> and see all of the independent Win2k tech
> support info. And while you're there, check out the extra info that is
> there for NT-MacOS connectivity, courtesy of yours truly.
>
> Besides, Release Candidate 2 (RC2) is already out, and **when installed
> stripped down** (as we both like to do!) it is quite stable. Almost ANY OS
> will run with improved stability when all of the gewgaws are stripped out
> (with few exceptions).
It is just my personal rule, no beta software on the servers (unless testing
of course). When Win2K is golden master, then I will consider it.
>>> OK, what are you running them on, and which MacOS - 8.5.1?
>>
>>I use MacOS 8.6 on all my systems. However, I do not use the standard
>>installation. I custom strip the servers of many unneeded extensions and
>>control panels.
>
> Absolutely... Plus I strip out ALL of the TrueType fonts to shut down the
> TrueType rasterizing engine. This is not as important as it was in the 040
> days, but every little bit helps.
>
> I'm also a bit surprised that you are NOT running MacOS 8.5.1 instead of
> MacOS 8.6: The 8.6 Finder uses more CPU resources, decreasing background
> performance for rendering... And (quite probably) file service as well.
Well, my servers run with ASIP 6.2.1 which requires MacOS 8.6. You can run
ASIP 6.2 on MacOS 8.5.1, but some of the bug fixes in ASIP are dependent
upon MacOS 8.6.
Plus, the improved multitasking in 8.6 actually increases the performance of
my print server, as it runs in the background.
>>>>For compatibility, ASIP wins hands down, no questions asked. It is the
>>>>fastest to setup, I did my whole network in 8 hours. It is by far the
>>>>easiest to setup, and it has excellent stability and performance.
>>>
>>> I disagree: For compatibility, NT/Server wins hands down. No additional
>>> software is needed for either the Mac or any Windows box connected to it.
>>> Besides, for a small LAN (which this service bureau has) NetBEUI is even
>>> faster than IP for PC-server transfers.
>>
>>I should point out that there is no additional software required for a
>>connecting a PC or a Mac to and ASIP Server.
>
> Yes, but isn't configuring SMB on ASIPa bit difficult? Mo?!
Actually it is very simple. Go to the "Web & File Server Settings", go to
"Windows File Sharing", check "Enable Windows File Sharing (SMB)", type in
Workgroup name, save the settings, restart the file server app. All done.
You just have to make sure that your shared volume name is less than 12
characters. Also you have to increase the number of failed logins before
the user is locked out. Windows just loves to retry a failed login without
informing you.
--
Aaron B. Ciesar
Data Manager/Analyst
UPMC Stroke Institute
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