Re: Apple Worksstatiom card for //e

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

David Empson (dempson@actrix.gen.nz) wrote:

: > I have found that the best bridge between an Apple II and NT4.0 server
: > with Appletalk is a genuine Macintosh! The Mac with an ethernet card and
: > system 7.5 has the software and cable ports to make it all happen.

: What software is that?  There is nothing supplied with System 7.5 or
: later than can bridge LocalTalk to Ethernet.

You could call it a go-between if you put the Mac on localtalk and copied
files to it then switched to ethernet to copy 'em off. Wouldn't call that
a bridge.

: You can download LaserWriter bridge, which is fine if all you want to do
: is print to a LocalTalk printer from an Ethernet, but you have to buy
: LocalTalk Bridge if you want to connect something on the LocalTalk side
: to a server on the Ethernet side.

Yep and it costs $60ish I think.

: Is there some other product that I'm not aware of?

: > I use an old Mac II fx, but an SE/30 would do.

: Yes indeed.  In fact, even an SE might be able to cope.  :-)

Nope, the bridges need an '020. I found it out the hard way when I used an
SE to run Appleshare. LW Bridge crashes a 68000 box with no explanation. So
I recycled the usable parts of the SE to build an SE/30. Such is progress.

For anyone wanting to connect a II to another kind of box running ethernet,
a hardware bridge is the way to go. Someone was selling Fastpath 4s here
for $15 not long ago, which works great. It's what I use.
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