Re: eBay Keywords for Gatrobox or Equivalent?

[pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com>]

If you just want to read/write files to your Windows Server (using the
combination of AppleTalk and Services for Macintosh), all you would
need is a LocalTalk-Ethernet bridge.  This should bridge AppleTalk
packets from the LocalTalk side (IIgs) to the Ethernet side (Windows
Server).  I could not remember if there were some issues with
authentication though.  For this kind of setup, look for the Farallon
EtherWave adapter, specifically the one with the LocalTalk connector.
It's been mentioned that an AsanteTalk may also work, but I was not
able to get mine working.

However, the above still uses AppleTalk over LocalTalk/Ethernet and
will not help you bridge to the outside world of the Internet.  For
that, you would need a TCP/IP connection.  Marinetti on the IIgs knows
how to talk DDP-IP, commonly referred to as MacIP.  TCP/IP packets are
encapsulated for transport over the LocalTalk wiring.  A MacIP server
connected to both LocalTalk and Ethernet will remove the encapsulation
and forward TCP/IP packets over to the Ethernet side, and vise versa.
For this, the GatorBox has been very popular, but getting rare (but
not expensive) on eBay.  An alternative is the Shiva FastPath -- there
are five of them on eBay right now (not mine), for as low $15.  The
FastPath 4 has the DB-9 LocalTalk connector, while the FastPath 5 has
the round LocalTalk connector similar to the IIgs'.

The Gatorbox and the FastPath has only the AUI Ethernet connector, but
AUI-TP adapters are cheaply available on the net.

Another alternative is to use a software-based MacIP server running on
a Mac (or maybe a PC).  I'm currently about to try this setup and will
post some findings in about a week or so.

/Peter


On May 15, 7:28 am, "Steve ][" <sc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I want to look into using a Gatorbox or equivalent device to get my
> IIGS on my LAN. I have a Windows Server already running Services for
> Macintosh to act as a place where the IIGS can read/write files - now
> I just need to get it connected to ethernet. I want to come up with a
> decent search, something like "(gatorbox,asantetalk)" or something
> like that but am not sure what words I do and do not want. Can anyone
> throw in their experience on this?
>
> I'm about to pull the trigger on buying the 2005 archive of Juiced.GS
> since I think that's where info is on setting up the IIGS with a
> Gatorbox.
>
> Thanks.