Re: Accessing Appletalk file shares on a IIgs

[Greg Buchner <nobody@wavetech.net>]

In article <3af3fb34@news.iprimus.com.au>,
 "Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote:

> David,
> 
> >The genuine Apple LocalTalk drop boxes I've seen have the termination
> >resistors inside the case, with an automatic mechanism to connect or
> >disconnect them depending on whether anything is plugged into the
> >corresponding Mini-Din-3 connector.  Maybe they switched to a cheaper
> >mechanism later.
> 
> 
> They must have. And I just realized that it is impossible to leave in the
> terminator in the middle of the chain because both RJ11 connectors are used
> to create the daisy chain. Boy do I feel dumb. :O
> My turn to correct you... they are mini din-8's, not 3s, but you knew that
> after you hit POST. :)

Mark,

There are two different ways you can do localtalk networks...

1.  The way you are thinking about which has drop boxes that use
    standard phone lines for making the connections, and

2.  The actual Apple localtalk cabling which used drop boxes that
    had two mini-din 3 connectors and used actual Apple localtalk
    (read expensive) cabling.  The drop boxes came in two different
    flavors...a DB-9 male with two mini-din-3 female connectors and
    a mini-din-9 male with two mini-din-3 female connectors.

I currently have my apartment wired up with a mix of both...there was
an adapter cable that would go between Phonenet and Apple's localtalk
cabling, so overall they are fully compatible with each other, they
just used different connectors and cabling.

Greg B.
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