Re: Networking my GS...

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

David Andrew Ross (snakey@Glue.umd.edu) wrote:
:      Ok, I'm stuck with this Shiva FastPath that I can't get rid of, so
: I guess I'll be putting my GS on the net after all.  =)  I don't care
: about the fact that TCP/IP for the GS doesn't exist yet.  If it ever
: comes out, I guess I'll be ready.  

Betcha it'd sell for $75. Or more in the Mac forsale groups.

:      What I do want to get going though is AppleTalk file sharing between
: my GS and a Mac.  If I can get that to work via LocalTalk, then I'll try
: it with ethernet through the router (which needs a Mac for configuration).
: Then if I'm lucky with that, I'll see if I can get one of the free
: AppleTalk implementations for UNIX to talk to the GS.  Got a few questions
: though...

: 1)  I'm gonna need a Mac.  =)  I see Macs are pretty cheap on the forsale
:     groups, but which model do I buy?  I know I need to run an old version
:     of AppleShare on it, and that version won't run on newer Macs.  Can
:     someone give me some specifics here?

Get a Quadra if you want ethernet. A 610 or 700 would run you $500ish now.
You don't need Appleshare since system 7 has file sharing built in. I use
it with my Q700 ethernetted to my Fastpath with my IIgs, or Powerbook, or
workstation card equipped //e on the localtalk side.

: 2)  I've got a RamFAST.  I believe it's the last version of the card they
:     made before they went to using a smaller form factor.  I think it's
:     in slot seven, so could this interfere with my plans?

Yep unless your IIgs is a ROM 3

: 3)  Are there any other issues I should think about?  I'd like to hear
:     from anyone who has set their GS up with a network connection.

The guy who sold me my Fastpath had someone configure it where there are
two zones, ethertalk and localtalk, and all the localtalk stuff (II's, power-
book, printers) is in the localtalk zone and the ethernet stuff (Quadra, SE/30)
is in the ethertalk zone. Rather slick. The only problem is that I can't boot
a IIgs from the SE/30 running Appleshare 3.0 through the bridge - I have to
switch it to localtalk to do that, which pretty much sucks.

: Anyone want to save me from this and just buy my FastPath 5R for $200?

Are you sure you want to buy a multi-hundred dollar Mac system just so you
can use that Fastpath?
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Randy Shackelford
shack@southwind.net