It does. All AppleShare past OS 9 (i.e. OS X) is AFP over TCP/IP. Jaguar and Panther have support for AFP over AppleTalk (I don't cover 10.0 or 10.1 in the Guide). AFP over AppleTalk is not supported over serial ports in OS X.
The AFP protocol in 10.5 is not supported by any OS version under Mac OS 9.2. It's still AFP over TCP/IP -- the earliest Mac OS to use AFP over TCP/IP is 7.5.3 (I like to use 7.5.5) with OT 1.3 and AppleShare Client 3.7.4. Though a "true" AFP over TCP/IP could likely be afforded with purchase of Shareway IP (used to be $50, is now $35 apparently). Mac OS 8.6 can get AFP over TCP/IP via the installation of AppleShare IP 5.0, but Mac OS 9 used a limited licensed version of Shareway IP.
See the link in my signature for more details, especially "The Chart".
Mac OS X does not have support for LocalTalk, FWIW. If you are going to be doing dev work for Classic OS hardware it's best to use a Classic OS server -- especially since 9.2 can go all the way up to 10.6.
RE: prior post -- FTP does work pretty well but then you have to do numerous binhexing procedures...unless that is handled automatically via the ftp client. And FTP server software can be run...on just about anything that'll run it...so running 10.5 for "just an FTP server" is interesting to say the least...
The AFP protocol in 10.5 is not supported by any OS version under Mac OS 9.2. It's still AFP over TCP/IP -- the earliest Mac OS to use AFP over TCP/IP is 7.5.3 (I like to use 7.5.5) with OT 1.3 and AppleShare Client 3.7.4. Though a "true" AFP over TCP/IP could likely be afforded with purchase of Shareway IP (used to be $50, is now $35 apparently). Mac OS 8.6 can get AFP over TCP/IP via the installation of AppleShare IP 5.0, but Mac OS 9 used a limited licensed version of Shareway IP.
See the link in my signature for more details, especially "The Chart".
Mac OS X does not have support for LocalTalk, FWIW. If you are going to be doing dev work for Classic OS hardware it's best to use a Classic OS server -- especially since 9.2 can go all the way up to 10.6.
RE: prior post -- FTP does work pretty well but then you have to do numerous binhexing procedures...unless that is handled automatically via the ftp client. And FTP server software can be run...on just about anything that'll run it...so running 10.5 for "just an FTP server" is interesting to say the least...