So, are there are applications, ones that we can still get as a download that are not demo, that will network an Mac OS X system with a NeXTcube running NeXTSTEP 3.3?
I grow tired of emailing files back and forth and since they are on the same router, would be sweet to have a way to have each system see each-other for basic transfer of files.
Thanks
tj
Quote from: "NeXTsociety"So, are there are applications, ones that we can still get as a download that are not demo, that will network an Mac OS X system with a NeXTcube running NeXTSTEP 3.3?
I grow tired of emailing files back and forth and since they are on the same router, would be sweet to have a way to have each system see each-other for basic transfer of files.
Thanks
tj
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TJ,
I know three methods to access a NeXT HD from a Mac:
1. My Preferred Method: I use Macfusion. You can get it here:
http://www.macfusionapp.org/. Basically you can mount your NeXT HD over a network like a local drive, similar to NFS. The only catch is the driver only supports read only. But you can at least open and copy files from your NeXT and browse the file system.
2. If you need to write to your NeXT, I use the Cyberduck ftp client on my Mac OS X computer. Cyberduck also allows you to easily drag and drop ftp files.
3. Command line ftp. No explanation necessary.
A fourth method I have used in the past with early Mac OS X (<=10.4) is NFS. Early Mac OS X had a lot of OpenSTEP underneath the hood. I no longer use this method because Mac OS X no longer (correct me if I'm wrong) supports NFS. It worked well for me in the past, and I was able to share folders across a network. I think NFS had some security issues. Maybe kb7sqi can elaborate more.
I could honestly come up with more ways, such as using kermit, another pretty useful tool. There are always at least 10 ways to do everything with UNIX.
Brian
When I posted that, I wasn't even thinking about you using OSX TJ. If you're running OPENSTEP 4.2, there's nice GUI program for FTP/SCP/SSH file copying called RBrowser.app. The NEXTSTEP 3.3 version only supports FTP. When I'm copying programs back & forth, it's quicker just to use ftp. If I have a ton of stuff to copy over, I'll use RBroswer.app. On my Gecko, I have it mounting a NFS share from one of my Solaris boxes. Like Brian said, since this is *nix, there's 100 different ways to go about transfering stuff. You could even use the older sneakernet method w/ a zip/syquest drive if you want. If it's going to be used all the time, I'd use a NFS share. Hope that helps.
Have a great 4th of July! :D
Quote from: "kb7sqi"If you're running OPENSTEP 4.2, there's nice GUI program for FTP/SCP/SSH file copying called RBrowser.app.
I use RBrowser on all my systems (OPENSTEP/Rhapsody/Mac OS X (
http://www.rbrowser.com/))... It has always been a nice, easy to use FTP client that feels pretty much the same throughout the many versions I've used.
And I do like the GUI. Actually, for a while I used it as a Finder replacement in Mac OS X DP4/Public Beta/10.0.x.