Re: Connecting a Iigs to OSX

[Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk>]

In article <1f85rvl.18ympo31ks1ghsN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, David
Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> Marsha <menacechgo@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > [posted and mailed]
> > 
> > Mac <mgrunner@mac.com> wrote in B89EECB7.99A%mgrunner@mac.com:">news:B89EECB7.99A%mgrunner@mac.com:
> > 
> > > i found out, that there�s no more apple talk
> > > supported for serial ports under osx well i don�t have an ethernet card
> > > in my Iigs either and don�t want to buy one...
> > 
> > You could try an old Fastpath or GatorBox router and connect Ethertalk (Mac
> > on ethernet) to Apple/Localtalk on the GS.  I've done it on 8.6, but I
> > don't have OSX
> 
> There is a major show stopper: Mac OS X no longer supports the use of
> AFP over AppleTalk in its role as a server for file sharing.  It only
> supports AFP over TCP/IP.

By default, OS X supports AFP over TCP/IP but somewhere in 10.1.x
AppleTalk support was added back in. I've had OS X happily working as a
server for Macs running System 6 onwards but physically can't get to my
IIgs to test it out. A good starting point for configuring OS X is at
http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/osx.html.

As others have said, AppleTalk is only supported on the ethernet
interface for OS X so a LocalTalk router of some kind will be needed
for the IIgs or IIe.

Phil