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Re: Networking GS to a Mac?



In article <4ntt9l$6o4@crcnis3.unl.edu>, gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Greg
Berigan) wrote:
> 
> I hooked my GS's modem port to my Mac's modem port.  It doesn't really
> matter as long as the machines know which to use.  

It DOES matter! You can only use the printer port on a Mac for Appletalk.
                                     ^^^^^^
When I first tried this a couple of years ago, it took me many hours of
fiddling with my network connections to figure out this fundamental
error!!  The IIgs will let you use either the MODEM or PRINTER port
however...

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