Re: Appletalk and //e

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <51mv9i$bmq@news.ccit.arizona.edu>,
Christopher J Lewandowski-pearson <lewandow@tortola.U.Arizona.EDU> wrote:
>I have seen references in the FAQ and other places that say an
>Apple //e has the ability to be connected to an Appletalk 
>network.  (via a card I assume).  My question is where can I get
>this board, and how does it work?

That would be a workstation card. You put it in an enhanced //e and you get
a localtalk port and a serial printer port. Plug in a localtalk box and 
connect it to your network and you're there.

>I have searched various hardware sales places (Sun Remark., Scantron)
>but none of them offer an Appletalk card.....

The last Shreve Systems Apple II catalog I saw had 'em, but $99 a pop. At the
local dealer's last "garage sale" they were selling still-shrinkwrapped cards
for $20. Just depends on your luck and places to look. Anyhow, you can give
Shreve a try at 800-227-3971.

>The reason I am looking for this is that my wife is a teacher and
>of course she has about 6 //e's and a //c.  She would like to have 
>all of the software on one server (Mac) and prehapse let the //'s
>share a printer....

No dice on the //c but the //e's can use this setup if you scare up enough
workstation cards. Booting from the server will mean getting Appleshare file
server, fairly big $. But having the //e's share files only takes system 7's
file sharing. Since a Mac Plus with 4 mb is $60ish now, the server approach
is a lot more cost effective than trying to equip the IIs with hard disks or
3.5 floppies, and hardware to switch printers between computers.

>Am I looking in the right direction.....

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Randy Shackelford                                 US Air Force officer
shack@frii.com                                    and Apple aficionado