Re: Data switches for IIGS

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Erik Kloeppel (lurch@eskimo.com) wrote:
: In article <3lb565$n9t@cello.gina.calstate.edu>,
: lacoss@cello.gina.calstate.edu (LA County Outdoor Science School) wrote:

: > hodges@ix.netcom.com (One of the Hodges) writes:
: > > Any ideas on the best switches to hook up 2-4 IIgs's to Imagewriter
: IIs?  I don't 
: > > want to switch manually, and I don't want to spend a fortune.
: > > 
: > > This is for an elementary school computer lab.
: > 
: > Get a LocalTalk card for the ImageWriter (less than $100 from Sequential. 
: > Probably available from others too.  Or pick up a used one.)
: > 
: > Get a bunch of PhoneNet connectors (These are really common now that many 
: > Mac users are going EtherNet.  Should be $5-10 each on the net.)
: > 
: > Set up a small AppleTalk network with the GS's and IW's. 
: > 
: I was gonna suggest this, but doesn't even this simple a net require a Mac
: as a server?

You only need a Mac if you want to share files. You can have just II's and 
printers on a network. Of course if you want a print spooler for the network,
It's handy to have a Mac running Appleshare 3.0's print server.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
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