Re: Appletalk to Ethernet?

[Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com>]

>>>>> "ST" == Supertimer  <supertimer@aol.com> writes:

 ST> Frank Carney <frankcNOSPAM@cyberhighway.net> wrote:
 >> Is there a way to connect an Appletalk network to an ethernet network?
 >> Or is it more than hardware, but protocol too.

 ST> Protocol.  Hardware wise, it was agreed that the Apple High Speed
 ST> SCSI card would probably be able to work with SCSI to Ethernet
 ST> devices except that no driver was available (the RAMFast's hacked
 ST> SCSI can't do it).

 ST> Currently, you can sort of connect the IIGS to the network using
 ST> a Mac as an intermediary.

 ST> IIGS<---AppleTalk--->Mac<---Ethernet--->Windows PC

 ST> There exists an Ethernet capable core in System 6.0.1 for the
 ST> IIGS, except that Apple canned the Apple II Ethernet card just
 ST> before it was released.

That Mac can also be a dedicated LocalTalk bridge.  Like the classic
FastPath 4.  That is what I am using.  Now what I need is a ATalkIP
driver for GS/OS and I am in business.

cfs
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