Re: Appleshare/Appletalk Via Ethernet & PC's

[The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov>]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 05:23:21 +0000, Scott Alfter wrote:

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> In article <4131DA61.E61EE014@execpc.com>,
> Robert J. Stevens <atreborz@execpc.com> wrote:
>>Does anyone know of a package that can be run on a PC that will talk to
>>the Appleshare on a Apple/MAC thru a Ethernet port and what Ethernet
>>card would be best to use.
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> netatalk works fairly well for this:
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> http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/
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> Any NIC supported by the OS you're running should work.  (The machine I have
> that's currently running netatalk uses a 3Com 3C905B.)
> 
> AFAIK, the few Ethernet cards that exist for the Apple II don't support
> EtherTalk.  You'll need to use LocalTalk on Apple II clients (built-in on
> the IIGS, available as an add-in card for the IIe) and a LocalTalk-to-
> Ethernet bridge of some sort (like a Cayman GatorBox) to enable Apple IIs to
> access netatalk servers.

	Quick follow up question... I'm interested in this too. I have a cable I
used for a modem on the GS. If I connect it to a null-modem cable would it
work over the serial ports of both machines?

				Later
				Mike