Re: More Apple IIgs to PC networking

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

"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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