Re: The Network from Heck Part III

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Roy and/or Janet Miller wrote in message <3A27C164.65C74531@inetnebr.com>...

>We have a Win95/98 LAN.
>I have an AppleTalk LAN (two IIGSs, one //e with workstation card, a Duo
>230, Performa 630 (with ethernet card), Laserwriter II (TN?), Imagewriter
>LQ with AppleTalk/Buffer card. I also have another //e, a ///, two //c(s),
>a //c+ and several Imagewriters (I&II).
>I also have several other PCs (PC, XT, PCjr, AT, several 486 boxes, one
>with DR-DOS 6, one with NovellDOS 7, another with Linux)
>Finally, we have a 5 port hub and DSL.
>What I'm wanting to do is add at least one hub, use a Linux box as a
>portal to the hub with DSL, and somehow interconnect the IIs, Macs, and
>collector's PCs to each other and that Linux box, all without messing up
>the four Wintel/Linux (the kids [ages 23-18] all have Win95 and Linux on
>their machines) boxes that are in regular use by my wife, children, and
>myself.


Roy, no matter our differences in the past, I must say that I have the
utmost respect for someone that has both DR DOS 6 and Novell Dos 7. Me, I
only have to find a copy of DR DOS 2-4, and IBM Dos 7, and the x86 dos's are
finished. If I find 2 copies of any, I'll see if I can get them to ya at
cost (this happens more than some might think, when I found novell dos, it
was 15 copies, all shrinkwrapped and all for $1).

>To make it really interesting, I'd love to add my TRS-80 Model 3, my
>Kaypro 2X, and my TI 99/4a (with PE box), but I think that would be
>pushing it

The TRS model 2 actually had an arcnet card available. I don't know if this
would even fit in a model 3, don't know as much about them as I would like.
Also, I recently found plans for a do-it-yourself TRS arcnet card.
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/2993/
I have 5 or 6 arcnet hubs that would be given away at shipping cost, if that
were the problem. At the other end, linux seems to have an easy enough time
with them.
And I have to disagree, networking any computer or device is not "pushing
it", unless it's like an abacus or maybe the Babbage Difference Engine.


Thanks,
John