I just use regular FTP clients and servers. Shouldn't that be good enough?
early implementations of AFP server software were available in Mac OS starting with System 6, in AppleShare and AppleShare IP, and in early "1.x" releases of Mac OS X Server. In client operating systems, AFP was called "Personal File Sharing", and supported up to ten simultaneous connections.[1] These AFP implementations relied on version 1.x or 2.x of the protocol. AppleShare IP 5.x, 6.x, and the "1.x" releases of Mac OS X Server introduced AFP version 2.2. This was the first version to offer transport connections using TCP/IP as well as AppleTalk. It also increased the maximum share point size from four gibibytes to two tebibytes,[1] although the maximum file size that could be stored remained at two gibibytes due to limitations in the original Mac OS.[2]
^^ this quote claims afp dates back to system 6 which was in the freaking 80s...
(apple file protocol) was built for mac os.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Filing_Protocolits honestly stupid fast for os9 like faster then FTP dont ask me why
like i said when u mount the afp file server like a remote drive it basically feels like an internal drive the speed is so nice + fast
and its built for exactly that.. even tho on the remote drive the fiel system isnt macosxtended the afp protocol encapsulates all
metadata + resource forks + all the other mac wierdness.
pretty sure it auto remounts the afp share after reboot too.. its just.. solid as hell
for me the AFP fileserver acting as an interim share really works well .. transfering.. backup.. but most importantly the software allows many different access methods..
to the same data.. and remote administration via web interface the same way that u would have on a modern purchased solution
its just easier to just work natively within mac os 9.. making folders .. dragging files.. etc without having to worry about ftp apps crashing or passwords and ports and all that crap
Computers using classic Mac OS can connect to AFP 3.x servers, with some limitations. For example, the maximum file size in Mac OS 8 is 2 gigabytes. Typically, Mac OS 9.1 or later is recommended for connecting to AFP 3.x servers; for versions of original Mac OS prior to 9.1, installation of the AppleShare client 3.8.8 is required.
AFP URLs take the form: afp://<server>/<share>, where <server> is the server's IP address, Domain Name System (DNS) name, or Bonjour name, and <share> is the name of the share point.