Re: LocalTalk/IIgs

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

James Brockman (brockmjd@wfu.edu) wrote:
: 	I was just able to get a IIgs here at school. I primarily want to
: use it to log in to a HP-UX mainframe on our school's network. My dorm
: room has localtalk access. I have a localtalk connector. I don't know if
: my gs has a localtalk card. I am wondering: Is there an easy way to get to
: the HP over localtalk via a IIgs or am I better off just sticking with a
: modem and dialing in? There are, so far as I know, no concessions made for
: anything other than macs on the localtalk network here. 

Well IIgses do have localtalk built in so you can connect to the network, but
sounds like you would be wanting to use TCP over the connection to talk to the
mainframe. That's not currently possible with a IIgs. On a Mac you can run 
MacTCP over localtalk to do that but that's not much help in this case. So 
looks like you'll need to dial up.

Gee when I was an undergrad living in the dorms at BU, the only access was via
dialup which topped out at 1200 bps. I hear tell they provide PPP access now
though at least.
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