Re: LOCALTALK from an Apple //e...HELP

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <spelok-1205962052100001@port7.andrea.smallmedia.com>,
Scott Pelok <spelok@plainfield.bypass.com> wrote:
> I just got a NETWORK card for an apple //e in a swap deal and would love
> to figure out how to get my apple to join my MAC and apple//GS network.

I assume it is an Apple II Workstation Card, from Apple, and not some
other network system?

(Apple's card has a part number of 820-0204-A, and the ROM is labelled
341-0358-A.)

The card only works in an enhanced IIe with at least 128K of RAM.

In addition to the card itself, you need the following items:

1. The connectors which mount on the back panel.  This consists of a
   small plastic box which provides two Mini-Din-8 connectors.  It has
   a pair of 10-way ribbon cables which plug into the card.

2. The manual which comes with the card may be useful.  It has some
   information about installation, using an AppleShare file server, and
   documentation for the software provided with the card (Printer
   Namer, Chooser II, Access Priviliges, File Server Log On, File
   Server Log Off).

3. The disk that is supplied with the card.  This is called the "Apple
   II Workstation Software".  It is included on every Apple Developer
   Support CD that includes the Apple II software (up to early 1993,
   possibly), and is on the IIgs System 6.0 Golden Master CD-ROM.  It
   might be available from other sources, e.g. the Golden Orchard CD-ROM.

4. Appropriate network connectors (LocalTalk drop boxes, or PhoneNet
   or equivalent).  If you are only connecting two devices, you can do
   it with a simple serial cable.

The card is also able to connect to normal serial devices.  The
Chooser program allows you to select the second port for a local
ImageWriter II, for example, without having to unplug the AppleTalk
cable.

To access the network, you need to boot from a ProDOS disk which
includes the AppleTalk INIT file "ATINIT" in the root directory, and
is running ProDOS-8 1.5 or later (1.4 works, but not very well).  You
need the right version of this - there are different ones for the IIgs
and IIe (the A2WS disk includes the IIe version).

> I currently have both the MAC and the GS talking over the net sharing
> a laser writer, but what do I need to add the apple//e to this set up.

Given the software, you would use the Chooser to select the
LaserWriter, download the ImageWriter II emulator (unless it is already
present), then just tell your software to print to an ImageWriter II
in the slot containing the workstation card.

If you want to access the Mac as a file server, you can log on using a
text interface which is similar to the AppleShare control panel on the
IIgs or Mac.  The Mac must have System 7 with File Sharing turned on,
or be running the full AppleShare server software.  If you want to
boot the IIe over the network, the Mac must be running AppleShare
version 2.x (requires Mac System 6.x and takes over the whole
computer) or 3.x (requires Mac System 7.x and can run at the same time
as other applications).  Version 4.0 or later doesn't support network
booting for an Apple II.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand