Re: //gs LocalTalk Port

[Jon Christopher Co <jon@tridel.net>]

Dan Bethe wrote:

> Nathan Mates wrote:
>
> >    For regular modem transmissions, then the 57600 bps speed
> > applies. Appletalk is done via a less-standard mode (asychronous vs
> > synchronous) not 'spoken' by the standard 16550[A] serial chips found
> > on non-Apple boxen. Same kind of quirk as the MFM vs GCR floppy disk
> > I/O, etc that prevents compatability by using unusual combos of
> > less-standard chips.
>
>         Oh, so if I did Appletalk between a //gs and a Linux pc, it would work
> at a maximum of 57600bps?  But if I did Appletalk with a //gs and a //gs
> or Mac, then it would be at a happy 230kbps?
>         Is there any way to increase that speed if we're using a //gs and a
> Linux pc?  Get an Appletalk card for the PC?
>         Also I'm curious about using more than 2 hosts.  If I have Phonenet
> adaptors, are those just as directly hardware-compatible as a straight
> serial cable?  Do I need any additional special software drivers?  Or
> can I just hook up multiple Apple hosts and start sharing data?  Does
> this setup have to change if I want to add a printer?
>
>         At my house, we have two //gs's, a Linux PC, an Imagewriter //, and we
> might add a Mac or two and another printer.
>         Okay here's another level of complexity.  Can I also do tcp/ip across
> this Phonenet link?  Basically like you do with Ethernet?  Could I use
> the Linux PC as an internet connection via TCP/IP modem to an ISP, and
> also as a masquerading gateway to the rest of the in-house hosts?
>         Does everyone understand what I'm asking?  I can re-explain.  Thanks a
> lot!  This is a serious concern for me, on an apparently obscure issue.
> "Read the FAQ" is an acceptable simple response  :)

  I understand what you're saying... and if you read the earlier postings I think
you cannot get appletalk at anything lower than 230k (meaning the linux PC or any
other non apple stuff you have cannot participate in an appletalk network) ...
exception would be having a mac with an ethernet port to route packets from your
ethernet (pc/mac) to your appletalk network... I have come across a farallon
appletalk to ethernet  transciever but I haven't tried it with my GS (it's school
property) and I havent tried netatalk with my linux box either.