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

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

> I've never heard of a Focus hard drive being plugged into the modem
> port.  Perhaps you mean that you have the card installed in slot 2?  :-)
>
> If you have a ROM 1 IIgs, this won't be a problem - as long as you have
> slot 1 set to "Printer port", slot 2 to "Your card" and slot 7 to
> "AppleTalk", you will be able to plug the AppleTalk network into the
> modem port, and you can leave the ImageWriter connected to the printer
> port.  Your Focus card will continue to work perfectly OK.

I can confirm this, as that's how I was running mine. Now I have the AHS in
slot 2, and it works the same.

> If you have a ROM 3 IIgs, you won't be able to use the modem port for
> AppleTalk unless you move the Focus card to a different slot.  (Slot 2
> must be set to "AppleTalk", not "Your Card".)

This is not what I wanted to hear. :(
I thought the ROM3 was an improvement to the ROM1. Now I find out that I
must lose another slot if I upgrade a ROM1 to a ROM3. Please tell me it
isn't true. !

BTW: Thanks for the electrical explanation of how an AppleTalk network
operates. Very interesting.

Mark