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| The built-in Apple II Workstation functionality of the card closely mimics the combination of an Enhanced %%//%%e with a Workstation Card in all aspects except two: | The built-in Apple II Workstation functionality of the card closely mimics the combination of an Enhanced %%//%%e with a Workstation Card in all aspects except two: | ||
| - | 1. It shares the AppleTalk node address with the host Macintosh. This is not really a problem, because most client applications don't care what the node number is. | + | 1. It shares the AppleTalk node address with the host Macintosh. This is not really a problem, because most client applications don't care what the node number is (unless you want to access File Sharing or an AppleShare server on the host Macintosh - see [[mg_notes:iie_card:appletalk|here]]). |
| 2. It does not load the boot blocks over the network, instead they are contained within the ''IIe Startup'' application's ''BBLK'' resources. This might be a problem depending on your use cases or preferences. For reference, the Apple II boot blocks contain ProDOS and the Logon program. | 2. It does not load the boot blocks over the network, instead they are contained within the ''IIe Startup'' application's ''BBLK'' resources. This might be a problem depending on your use cases or preferences. For reference, the Apple II boot blocks contain ProDOS and the Logon program. | ||
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| It is not clear to me why Apple decided to do it differently in the %%//%%e Card. My guesses are: It adds a little bit of speed; it prevents some administrative issues where the boot blocks served over the network have not been updated to meet a requirement of the card; and perhaps the engineers of the Card knew that the next version of AppleShare Server was going to drop Apple II boot support. | It is not clear to me why Apple decided to do it differently in the %%//%%e Card. My guesses are: It adds a little bit of speed; it prevents some administrative issues where the boot blocks served over the network have not been updated to meet a requirement of the card; and perhaps the engineers of the Card knew that the next version of AppleShare Server was going to drop Apple II boot support. | ||
| - | In any case, after a small and successful quest to [[:projects:iie_boot_blocks|update the boot blocks]] to ProDOS 2.4.1 and Logon 1.5, I decided that I wanted the %%//%%e Card to boot like my other %%//%%es with Workstation Cards, and NetBoot LC is the result. | + | In any case, after a small and successful quest to [[projects:appleshare_boot_blocks|update the boot blocks]] to ProDOS 2.4.1 and Logon 1.5, I decided that I wanted the %%//%%e Card to boot like my other %%//%%es with Workstation Cards, and NetBoot LC is the result. |
| ===== What it Does ===== | ===== What it Does ===== | ||
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| - Jumps to them if downloaded successfully. | - Jumps to them if downloaded successfully. | ||
| - | Source will be coming soon. | + | ===== Source ===== |
| + | [[https://github.com/mgcaret/NetBoot_LC|GitHub project page]]. | ||