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K-AShare is an AFP-compatible file server for SGI hosts. It allows an SGI workstation to act as an AppleShare server for Macintosh users. K-Spool software allows users of Apple Macintosh computers and SGI systems to share PostScript printers. It is a UNIX application which functions as a print server and PostScript filter for SGI and Macintosh users, allowing them flexibility in the printers they use.

K-AShare Features:

• K-AShare provides multiplatform compatibility. Macintoshes and SGI systems can share data and resources.

• Macintosh computers use a SGI host as an AppleShare file server, providing increased performance and eliminating the need for a dedicated Apple server.

• Mac users stay in their native environment. Files stored on the SGI server appear as familiar icons to Macintosh users. Transparent File Determination converts UNIX files to Macintosh application files -- automatically and transparently.

• Files created by Macintosh applications like FrameMaker or Adobe Illustrator can be accessed on SGI systems running the same or other applications.

• K-AShare runs entirely on the SGI host. Macintosh clients need no additional software.

• K-AShare volumes can be backed up with standard UNIX tools.

• Through K-AShare, Mac users can access mounted NFS file systems anywhere on the network.

• Includes AppleTalk routing with support for multiple Ethernet interfaces.

• Compatible with AppleTalk Phase 1 and Phase 2 networks.

• Provides full support for System 7.

• Supports all AFP (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) 2.1 features.

• Large sites can have an unlimited number of open client connections.

• UNIX system administrators can post messages on Macintosh client screens at any time.

• Security: maps AppleShare group permission models to UNIX.

• Macintosh and SGI users can share PostScript printers anywhere on the network -- on LocalTalk, Ethernet or serially connected to the SGI host.

• No client software is required. After installation on the SGI host, K-Spool is ready to run.

• Supports unlimited printers and queues from a single host.

• Users don't wait for printing; once a job is sent to the spooler, the Mac is free for continued use.

• Macintosh users select any printer through the familiar "Chooser;" SGI users do the same with the standard SGI printing system.

• Macintosh users can monitor the status of printers and cancel their own print requests just like SGI users.

• Full support for System 7 and PostScript Level 2 drivers.

• Compatible with AppleTalk Phase 1 and 2 networks.

• Provides full AppleTalk routing for systems with multiple Ethernet interfaces.

• Page accounting -- counts only pages actually printed.

• Supports Aldus PageMaker printer drivers.