Re: Apple // networking?

[John L <jd@logotech.i8.com>]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 10:00:32 -0500, Paul Bramscher
<brams006@tc.umn.edu> wrote:

>Is it possible to get a null modem cable from the apple //c to the Mac iici?  I'd
>rather not have the "legacy" computers physically near my linux server for
>aesthetic/space reasons.
>
>Also, I've got two Apple //e's.  Is that a whole different ballgame?  What kind of
>communications card can you plop into them?
>
> It's kind of a historical challenge to get different OS's talking to each other.  At
>work, I'll download things from the internet onto an NT machine, 

What version of NT are you using ?  

If you're running NT 4.0 Server or Windows 2000 Server you can enable
Services for Macintosh.  This feature turns the NT host into a
Macintosh file server so that any Mac interfaced via ethernet &
Appletalk can access shared resources on the NT-hosted Mac file
server.

If you're running NT 4.0 workstation or Windows 2000 Professional you
can similar features to SFM by using MacServer IP 7.0.  I personally
use Services for Macintosh and it works great.

Using either of the above services one can easily transfer Apple //
files downloaded onto an NT machine and transfer them accross a LAN to
a Mac client.  From there, one can directly transfer Apple // images &
files to a IIgs via localtalk or directly with a localtalk bridge &
ethernet .



John






>> Paul Bramscher wrote:
>>
>> > I've got a full Apple //c system and a small home LAN (including Win98
>> > box, Linux server, and a networked Mac iici).
>> >
>> > Just for amusement, I'm curious whether it's possible to network the
>> > Apple //c somehow into my environment.  As I understand it, it's
>> > possible to run a TCP/IP stack on a //gs (that won't help me here).  But
>> > I'm wondering if it's possible to network my //c via the Mac iici
>> > (serial connection, apple talk?).  Anyone ever do this sort of thing
>> > before?
>> >
>> > -Paul Bramscher
>> > brams006@tc.umn.edu
>>
>>         You could always pick up a null modem cable and use the //c as a terminal
>> to the Linux box. Grab a term program somewhere and you can transfer
>> files with ZMODEM. Naturally you'll need a spare serial port (which are
>> cheap).
>>
>>                                 Later
>>                                 Mike
>>
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