Re: Which mac[not off topic]

["will strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Mike Pfaiffer" <mike@digitalcivilization.ca> wrote in message
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>
> In general you want a Mac you can open up to put the NIC into. To boot
> the GS off the Mac you will need Appletalk of some sort installed (I'm
> not an expert).

That would be a 030 or better machine: Mac II's or LC's minimum with
the possible exception of the SE/30.

> As to the internet... I'm going to make an alternate suggestion... If you
> have a Mac capable of running some form of *NIX (Linux, OSX, whatever)
> you can connect your GS to the Mac as a terminal. You'll still probably
> need a hard drive, but it works fine. This way you can set up your own
> shell account and still have access to the high speed internet you
> hinted you were looking at. FYI, Locally the Cable folks suggest at
> least something running OS8 to connect to their system.
>
> Later
> Mike
>
>

Really, I connect to the internet from my Performa 575 using
a proxy server with a cable modem. The Mac is running system
7.5.5 and it works just fine. It is not as speedy as say the Win2k
box the cable modem is on but the speed is quite acceptable.

My recommendations would be a minimum of a Quadra series
or Performa 575/580 or Performa 600 series computer with
at least 32 meg of RAM and an ethernet adapter. The adapters
can be picked up rather cheaply on eBay. I got an LC type
ethernet card for $6.99 plus shipping.

I would also recommend at least System 7.5 or better because
it can natively read ProDOS and PC DOS diskettes. I would
also recommend the installation of Localtalk Bridge to connect
the IIgs to the Mac and the Mac to Ethertalk.

With this setup, I can see both my Win2k box and my Mac.
You will need to install a Appletalk software on the Windows
side of things. I have PC MacLAN running which is nice.

If you want to skip the PC, you will probabally want to get
an older PowerMac with a 601 or a 604 processor that
will give you a bit more power to connect to the internet from
the Mac.

The only thing that I haven't done is to see the internet from the
IIgs.

Will
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