Re: Networking GS to a Mac?

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

In article <sirius-2705962149150001@d-134866.spirit.com.au>,
Michael Hickey <sirius@spirit.com.au> wrote:
>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...

Macs running open transport can use either port for localtalk.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
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