Re: LocalTalk/AppleShare between IIgs and Mac LC 575 - how?

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

In article <9g8737$365$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>, ground.ecn AppleII
Librarian <apple2pd@garp3.icaen.uiowa.edu> wrote:

> Tricky question to answer.  I am using the IIe workstation software in
> ProDOS to login etc. on the network.  The IIe card control panel has the
> network in slot7 from the "slots" panel.
> 
> Nothing special is done on the MacOS side, except Appletalk etc. is
> enabled.  I assume that the IIe card "network" emulation is communicating
> with the MacOS behind the scenes, so the MacOS must be involved.  From the
> IIe emulation side though I work just like I am on a real IIe.
> 
> The manuals I've looked at are very skimpy on Appletalk.  I'm not sure I
> could get it working with the IIe workstation software (which doesn't come
> with the LC IIe card).  The manual implies that I can log into the host
> LC.  I have never been able too.  I can login to any other Mac on the
> network, but not the Mac the IIe card is in.
> 
> I want to know how people not using the IIe workstation software on a LC
> use Appleshare with the IIe card.

As you say the official documentation isn't particularly helpful. My
understanding is that the LC/IIe card, in conjunction with the host
Mac, emulates a "real" IIe with a "real" workstation (Localtalk) card
in a "slot" defined in the control panel. Because the LC/IIe card has
no network interface of its own, it uses the interface on the Mac. This
is normally the Mac's built-in LocalTalk interface but it could be a
SCSI/Ethernet interface, as a previous csa2 poster has remarked.

It doesn't seem plausible that the LC/IIe card will be able to login to
the Mac which hosts it. Surely the Mac and the LC/IIe will be sharing
the same AppleTalk address? I'll have a look at the manual again.

I don't see how you could try to use the LC/IIe card without using the
software for the "real" IIe workstation (LocalTalk) card. Apple don't
include a login or chooser app as part of the stanard LC/IIe software.
Again the manual and Tech Info Library are lousy on this point.

Phil