Re: Best Way to Serve My II's

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

What Up wrote:

> Cool, I'm thinking about getting four more Apple IIgs to compliment the
> one I have right now, and trying to use them educational kiosks. My
> question is what is the best way to network them. Do I have to use
> Localtalk to network them together and user printers (and use the funny
> little box thingies), or is there a cheap place to get ethernet cards
> for them.

Ethernet cards cost c. $150 a piece for the IIGS, at the current time.

> Then can I do a diskless boot with them.  Do I have to use
> GNO (I see that not many people are using it), or is there a better
> way?

No, you don't have to use GNO.

Check out A2Central.com for additional information on using ethernet for
the IIGS.

Roy

> As for my server, will Macintosh IIsi be sufficent for them, or
> should I tie up my 7100. I wanted to go ethernet, because my Mac has an
> ethernet.  Okay, and forgive me if my message is a little bit off topic
> at certain points, but it's real early, I'm rushing to get to work
> before they lay me off, and I had to get my thread in before my ISP
> shuts down their news and mail servers, bye!