Re: Appletalk on a IIgs with phoneNet connection to Win2K?

["John Oyler" <jojo4@mediaone.net>]

> So, could a Lisa, with the right driver, use the RS-422 port as an
> AppleTalk port??

Roy,
    I am almost certain the Lisa could do appletalk. Butchering a phonenet
dongle might be necessary, but would be trivial. The lisa is 68k with what?
1 meg of ram? That's more than the first macs, so it looks like it's
powerful enough to do it. Question is, is there enough info floating around
about the lisa, and the proper development tools to compile the code? Would
be fun though, can't wait til I have a Lisa.

Other computers that are apparently localtalk capable include...

Various SGI boxen, which have rs422 in either db25 or de9...
Atari Falcon, and other atari's with LAN ports... (no drivers or appletalk
stack available, though there are works in progress)
The PC (obvious to most of us, I think, requires one of several Ltalk cards
for the isa or pci bus)
Apple II (the GS has it built in, the IIe requires a workstation card)
Amiga 2/3/4000 (requires the emplant card, seemingly only works in
emulation, another card, the Doubletalk, apparently can do file/print
sharing from workbench)

Other than the obvious, I can only confirm that the SGI can actually do it,
using a particular version of netatalk. I found instructions on the web
awhile back. Also, finally got my localtalk pc card working a few weeks ago,
though it's not quite all there yet.  Just wish  it didn't conflict with my
arcnet card.


*off-topic* On another note, would you happen to know where a person could
find the pinouts for the Lisa expansion slots?

Thanks,
John

> I'd love to have my Lisa AppleTalked to my Mac/II network.

Me too. But first things first... I must find a Lisa!!! ;-)

> Roy