<s>
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
product	O
from	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
which	O
implements	O
various	O
network	B-General_Concept
services	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
purpose	O
is	O
to	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
file	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
AFP	B-Protocol
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
network	B-General_Concept
services	I-General_Concept
implemented	O
in	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
included	O
a	O
print	B-Application
server	I-Application
using	O
the	O
Printer	O
Access	O
Protocol	O
(	O
PAP	O
)	O
,	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
electronic	O
mail	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
/	O
CIFS	B-Operating_System
server	O
to	O
support	O
file	O
sharing	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
supported	O
only	O
the	O
AppleTalk	B-Application
network	O
transport	O
protocol	O
but	O
later	O
versions	O
,	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
IP	I-General_Concept
,	O
allowed	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
stack	I-Protocol
,	O
as	O
used	O
on	O
most	O
modern	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
provided	O
three	O
different	O
protocols	O
for	O
application-layer	O
services	O
:	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
File	B-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
Print	B-Application
Server	I-Application
and	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
PC	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
would	O
operate	O
with	O
any	O
physical	O
network	O
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
installations	O
used	O
mainly	O
LocalTalk	B-Device
(	O
and	O
more	O
recently	O
Ethernet	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
any	O
physical	O
medium	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
directly	O
or	O
indirectly	O
connected	O
to	O
an	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
server	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Equivalent	O
third-party	O
server	O
products	O
include	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
Netatalk	B-Language
suite	O
on	O
Unix-like	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
Services	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Windows	I-Device
NT	I-Device
and	O
2000	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
from	O
System	O
7	O
onwards	O
included	O
Personal	O
File	O
Sharing	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
more	O
limited	O
AFP	B-Protocol
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
obvious	O
difference	O
between	O
Personal	O
File	O
Sharing	O
and	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
is	O
that	O
the	O
former	O
supports	O
only	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
concurrent	O
remote	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
were	O
capable	O
of	O
acting	O
as	O
a	O
client	O
to	O
an	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
server	O
(	O
via	O
AFP	B-Protocol
and	O
later	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
)	O
over	O
AppleTalk	B-Application
and	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
,	O
although	O
more	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
have	O
gradually	O
removed	O
support	O
for	O
AppleTalk	B-Application
in	O
favor	O
of	O
standard	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
developers	O
offered	O
server	O
software	O
that	O
provided	O
similar	O
functionality	O
on	O
Windows	O
Servers	O
such	O
as	O
GroupLogic	B-Protocol
ExtremeZ-IP	B-General_Concept
and	O
Cyan	O
Software	O
MacServerIP	O
and	O
NetATalk	B-Language
on	O
Linux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
versions	O
of	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
also	O
implemented	O
the	O
SMB	B-Operating_System
and	O
CIFS	B-Operating_System
protocols	I-Operating_System
which	O
are	O
the	O
native	O
file	O
sharing	O
protocols	O
on	O
Windows	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
discontinued	O
the	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
product	O
line	O
following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
provides	O
equivalent	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
(	O
IP	O
)	O
support	O
from	O
3.0.1	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
Release	O
System	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Hardware	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
3.0.1	O
1/1/1992	O
System	O
7.0	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	O
7.1	O
is	O
recommended	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
,	O
68020	O
,	O
or	O
68030	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
4.0.1	O
--	O
System	O
7.0.1	O
(	O
with	O
Tune-Up	O
1.1.1	O
)	O
through	O
System	O
7.5.3	O
;	O
Classic	O
AppleTalk	B-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motorola	O
68040	O
,	O
except	O
Quadra	O
660AV	O
and	O
Quadra	O
840AV	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
4.0.2	O
1995	O
Same	O
as	O
for	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
4.0.1	O
Motorola	O
68040	O
,	O
except	O
Quadra	O
660AV	O
and	O
Quadra	O
840AV	O
;	O
PowerPC	O
clock	O
speeds	O
<=	O
80	O
MHz	O
except	O
6100/66	O
and	O
7100/80	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
4.1	O
--	O
System	O
7.5.1	O
only	O
NuBus	O
PowerPC	O
1995-04	O
except	O
7200	O
,	O
7500	O
,	O
8500	O
,	O
or	O
9500	O
AppleShare	B-General_Concept
4.2.1	O
--	O
System	O
7.5.1	O
through	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
7.6	O
.	O
</s>
