AppleShare PC 2.0: Compatible with PCLAN



This article discusses a method that allows AppleShare PC 2.0 and PCLAN to
coexist.

(Some people have had problems running both PCLAN and AppleShare PC at the same
time on the same machine. Both PCLAN and AppleShare PC try to install a
network redirector to intercept file system calls to network drives.)

To get AppleShare PC 2.0 and PCLAN to coexist:

You must load PCLAN first, then AppleShare PC 2.0.

However, you will get an error loading the REDIR.EXE and MINSES.EXE programs.
The functions provided by these two modules are duplicated in the PCLAN
program.

To solve this, edit the batch files created by the install program so that
neither REDIR nor MINSES is loaded. You must run PCLAN first because its
redirector is a superset of Microsoft's redirector included with AppleShare PC.
AppleShare PC can use IBM's redirector, but IBM can't use Microsoft's.

(NOTE: A related question is whether or not PCLAN and AppleShare PC will run at
the same time using the same Token Ring card. Unfortunately, version 2.0
of AppleShare PC will not -- IBM's PCLAN software doesn't "share" the Token
Ring card.)


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012