Re: Apple II2GS appletalk to iMac Question ?

[jaunt5ft@apk.net (Brian Gillespie)]

In article <afkn291pe74.fsf@dobbs.eng.sun.com>, Charles Stephens
<devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com> wrote:

>>>>>> "JC" == John R Cambron <fairland@mail.*chesapeake*.net> writes:
>
> JC> I have Question about an Apple IIGS. As I have little knowledge
> JC> about Apples and Macs. My boss has a Apple IIGS that he has used
> JC> for many years. It has two external disk drives 5.5 and 3.25 He
> JC> intends to buy an iMac, and he would like to network the two
> JC> machines so he can access the disk drives connected to the IIGS
> JC> from the iMac. He tells me that there are references to appletalk
> JC> in the documentation, but there are no ports on the back to
> JC> connect eathernet cables to. What additional hardware does he
> JC> need to network these machines using Appletalk, like some kind of
> JC> eathernet 10base2 card and and category 5 crossover cable. What
> JC> should he be looking for ? We all know that the iMac has this
> JC> hardware already built in.
   Appletalk with the IIGS works one way. The Mac will not see any IIGS
drives.  The IIGS will see the Mac drives, though. Sorry!

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Brian Gillespie, Jaunt! Software