Re: Phonenet Connectors

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article mdragon@polarnet.com writes...

>What exactly is a Phonenet Connector and what can it be used for? Is it a
>Super-Micro modem or something?

    It's used for hooking more than two devices/computers in an AppleTalk
network, kind of a daisy-chain connector. It plugs into a serial port on
an Apple IIgs or Macintosh and has two RJ-11 connectors. You just stick a
PhoneNet conector (incidentally, it's an Apple product, you can get clones)
on each device in the network and then link them together with ordinary
phone chord. With just two devices you can use a plain serial cable, like
the one used by the ImageWriter II and stick it between serial ports and
not bother with PhoneNet.

    "Phone" is talking about using telephone chord, and "Net" refers to the
AppleTalk network, hence the name Phone + Net, or PhoneNet (at least that's
what makes the most sense :)

>Also, does anyone else own a IIgs-in-a-IIe-case IIgs?

    A few people on this group own one. They were never very popular and
Apple didn't sell kits for very long, so they're far less common than real
GS's or any other Apple II. There is nothing very exciting or interesting
about it either, it is just a regular IIgs logicboard (with new base pan
and port openings) stuck inside an Apple IIe case. That and new metal ID
plates placed on the front lid.

    Besides sticking a IIgs in an ugly and bulky case, many GS slots
cards wouldn't fit inside because they weren't slanted at the corner.
As well, the IIe keyboard would not function or be recognized as a
true ADB keyboard, so you'd be further limiting yourself. 

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca