I was referring to Classic Macs not being able to run apps off an FTP share.
Which reminds me. I need to check Sheepshaver's compatibility before I upgrade to Snow Leopard to ensure I can still
transfer directly from OS X to my 128K.
Using MacTerminal, while slow is actually pretty easy. What surprises me is that Apple never updated MacTerminal to represent the files graphically. For all practical purposes it works like any terminal software, or FTP – files are represented by a directory list. Odd considering that Apple could have really set themselves apart from the crowd. Auto connection would have been helpful too, so one doesn't have to manually choose send and receive (though I understand why that was the case with a 400K disk-based system.