Re: IIGS + PowerMac via AppleTalk

[jd-wong@ta1.cs.uiuc.edu (Jim Wong)]

texan@onyx.southwind.net (Dustin James) writes:

>1.  Can it work?

Yes.

>2.  Can I use PhoneNet for the connections ($15 for connectors vs $50 for 
>AppleTalk connectors)?

Yes.

>3.  Will I be able to use the PowerMac to do stuff, or will it just sit 
>there being a server?  Maybe have one partition on the PowerMac's HD 
>serve as the AppleShare volume, while the rest is used by the PowerMac 
>(ignorance of Mac's showing here)?

You shouldn't have any problem using the Power Mac to do stuff, though
you might notice a slowdown while the GS is accessing the Mac's drive.

>4.  I had originally thought I could leave my IW II hooked to the GS, 
>with a StyleWriter (or like printer) hooked to the PowerMac, then print 
>to either printer from the PowerMac.  But the AppleTalk/PhoneNet 
>connector apparantly hooks either to the printer port or to the modem 
>port, both of which are in use on the GS.  Anybody know of a way to have 
>the printers hooked up as I had originally thought?  Will I have to hook 
>both printers up to the PowerMac to be able to use them?

I'm not sure if Apple still makes it, but they used to sell an
add-on card for the ImageWriter II that allowed it to be placed on
a network.  With such a configuration, neither computer would be
directly connected to the ImageWriter, but both could print
to it.
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Jim Wong (jd-wong@uiuc.edu)