Re: appletalk on the apple IIe or IIgs ---> appletalk on a "modern" mac

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

schmidtd wrote:

> My own bridging solution is only marginally better than sneakernet
> because I lack dedicated hardware.  I have a Mac IIci that has an
> Ethernet card and (of course) the old round serial connectors.  I can
> hook the IIgs to the IIci and use Appletalk to talk between the serial
> ports.  I then can switch the IIci to do Appletalk over Ethernet (it
> can't do both at the same time) and then an iMac running OS9 can see
> the IIci's drive and connect to it.  I haven't had any luck getting OSX
> to see it.  Once files are copied onto the OS9 iMac, I can use whatever
> other more modern protocols I want to branch out from there.

Apple produced an extension in the System 7.x era called the "Localtalk
Bridge" which, if installed on your IIci will allow the IIgs to see
shares from both the IIci and the iMac. Simply install the extension
and keep the IIci in ethernet mode. I didn't use this to bridge to a
Mac, but rather my Linux PC running netatalk (an appletalk networking
package for Unix boxes)

I employed this solution for a while until I obtained an Asante
Localtalk<->Ethernet bridge which is somewhat more compact than a 68k
Mac, and tends not to eat through my somewhat limited supply of small
SCSI hard disks.

At the moment my Apple II is located out of reach of my cabled network
so I'm not using Appletalk. I'm  hoping at some stage to acquire a
wireless ethernet bridge which will restore my connectivity, but that
will have to wait until that lucky eBay auction that brings me that
functionality for a bargain.

Matt