Re: More Apple IIgs to PC networking

["Tim Haynes" <trhaynes@yahoo.SPAMBGONE.com>]

Hi again!

Okay, I'm doing something really stupid.  I can't even get AppleTalk to show
up in the System 6.0.1 Control Panels (under the Apple menu).  I installed
AppleShare from the 6.0.1 install disks, plugged the Gatorbox into the modem
port and set Port 2 to "AppleTalk" in the control panel.  When I first
installed AppleShare, it prompted for a username when I rebooted, so I
entered "guest".  But no AppleTalk/AppleShare options come up in the 6.0.1
Control Panels.

Can you give me any suggestions...?

Thanks
Tim

"william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote in message
news:3XEy7.176546$K6.83535520@news2...
> "Tim Haynes" <trhaynes@yahoo.SPAMBGONE.com> wrote in message
> news:8KEy7.15566$YL3.3392782@news3.rdc1.on.home.com...
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > Well, I just got my Gatorbox CS, and I'm eager to try it out.  The
> Gatorbox
> > has an 8 pin DIN serial port on the back labelled as "Serial", as well
as
> an
> > 8 pin DIN port labelled as "LocalTalk".  A few people have been helping
me
> > out (Hi Marsha and Menace!) but I thought I'd toss this question out to
> the
> > entire group to get larger consensus before I spend a lot of
frustration.
> I
> > am wondering if I can just hook a regular Imagewriter serial cable from
> port
> > 1 on my IIgs to the Gatorbox, and have it work properly.  Can anybod
tell
> me
> > if what I propose seems right (from the hardware perspective...
> configuring
> > my PC is another issue altogether!!)
> >
> > IIgs <--1--> Gatorbox <--2--> PC
> >
> > "1" is an Imagewriter printer cable from the printer port (port 1 set to
> > "Appletalk" in the Control Panel) to the LocalTalk port on the Gatorbox.
> >
> > "2" is a regular bit of BNC ethernet, properly terminated of course.
> >
> > Does that seem like it should work, or should I get real
LocalTalkcabling
> > for number 1?
> >
> > Thanks!!
> > Ttim
> >
>
> You only need Localtalk if you are going to connect a network
> of IIgs's to your box. If  you are just hooking up a single computer
> to the gateway, a stock serial cable should do the trick. I have
> networked a Mac and a IIgs this way in the past before I located
> some Phonenet Localtalk connectors.
>
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