Re: IIgs question.

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Dennis Jenkins wrote in message <3A02C63C.BFCB83C0@usb.com>...

> I finally got an ADB cable so I can use me IIgs and Mac-LC II.  After
>paying attention (it helps sometimes) to the IIgs, I have learned that
>it is indeed a ROM01 in a 'woz' case.  Yippie for me?  Anyway, I was
>playing around in the control panel and noticed that I can toggle slot
>#7 from 'user card' to 'appletalk', but only if I turn off the modem
>and/or the printer.  I've never had a IIgs before, and I have no books
>on one, so I didn't know exactly what this could do for me (I'm a unix
>guy, but I've heard of Appletalk.  It is just a network implementation
>that runs on top of IEEE 802.3, right?)  My linux box can do
>Appletalk.  Can I link the IIgs to my Unix box and have them share
>files?  What OS on the IIgs do I need to accomplish this?  My IIgs has 2
>5.25" floppy drives (ie, the drives that I swap back and forth between
>the IIgs and IIe).


Appletalk is indeed another network protocol stack, and configuring linux to
do it isn't hard. The trouble is that the early macs, and the gs of course,
also had a seperate rs422 serial networking port, and they did refer to this
physical layer as appletalk for some time. Later, the hardware and ports
would be called localtalk, and the software/protocol would be called
appletalk, but apparently the GS predates this distinction. To network them,
you would need a localtalk card for the linux machine, and these are
somewhat rare and/or expensive. Until recently, Copstalk was making
localtalk cards, but with driver support only for NT... and even they might
be gone. Their site turned into a porn page awhile back. Anyways, at $250 or
so for such a card, would you have even been interested? Apple and later
Farallon later made such a localtalk card, and you can sometimes find these
used cheap enough. I've bought 2 so far only to find them nonworking. Oh
well.

And then of course, there are ethernet cards for the GS.

> What does 'enable alternate video output' do.  I toggle it back and
>forth and notice nothing.  My IIgs is connected to my Apple Color
>Composite Monitor via a RCA cable.


Not sure, but I believe this allows for video cards. For example, the second
sight.


John