Re: Appletalk hookup?

[shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <D3K1Kz.69@actrix.gen.nz>,
David Empson <dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>In article <3gued6$qun@PEAK.ORG>,
>Even the losers get lucky <daye@PEAK.ORG> wrote:
>> In article <D335xr.43o@iglou.com>,
>> Dan Crutcher <dcrutch@iglou.iglou.com> wrote:
>> >>What hardware is needed to connect two GS's or one GS & one Mac
>> >>via Appletalk?  What software?  I'm working with ROM 01 machines
>> >>on the GS side and a Mac Powerbook 160.
>> >
>> >Hardware: LocalTalk connectors for each device and regular phone line 
>> >(4-wire, with RJ-11 connectors) to run between each.
>> 
>> Actually, a serial cable (GS->IW2) will work just fine.
>
>If you are connecting only two devices, yes.  You need some kind of
>multi-drop cable system (LocalTalk or Phonenet-style) for more than
>two devices on the network.

Not to mention that putting two IIgses on a network alone would be perfectly
pointless.
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Randy Shackelford                                Huh huh, that was cool.
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