Re: Commodore drives can be controlled on Apple II serial!

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Will Smith (wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com) wrote:

: |>The Fastpath router I have routes Appletalk out of the box, but if you want
: |>to set up Appletalk zones or route TCP or DECnet or the other supported
: |>protocols, ya gotta configure it. And that means using a Mac. Again, if you
: |>can't handle that, sorry.

: that's wonderful if you've got a router at home.  i'm thinking on the
: small-scale: a HOME network.  i want to get things working on a
: repeater if i can, because repeaters are (a) cheaper (b) not overkill.
: for me to go out and get a router for linking two machines would be
: like trying to buy a Lambourghini just to be able to drive it two
: miles to the store.  (of course, that's a stupid thing to have where i
: live.  the frost heaves in the late-fall to early spring would destroy
: the car in no time...)

Well considering that I paid $75 for my Fastpath and I've seen 'em for as 
little as $15, it's feasible for a home network. That's what I have myself
ya know. If the price is right, who cares if it's overkill?

: |>: show me an ethernet card that allows the //gs to do TCP/IP, and i'll
: |>: show you an ecstatic computer geek...  :)
: |>
: |>I'd take ethertalk, but that's all I would need myself. I don't have a modem
: |>on my IIgs any more since there aren't any TCP client apps or PPP for that
: |>matter.

: EtherTalk is a Mac thing, so far as i know...  if there was a 10Base-T
: connector for the //gs, i'm SURE that somebody would have thought
: about using it by now...

No ethernet is Appletalk over ethernet, and works with stuff that ain't Macs.
Since I only use Appletalk on my network, that's all I would worry about 
having.
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