Re: Appletalk Mac LC and GS

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com> wrote:

> In article <1fnbwpk.1lc6cr1ys9f0gN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
>  dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> 
> > You could probably get hold of an old 68K Mac for a song (if not free)
> > which has both Ethernet and a serial port.  Run LocalTalk Bridge on it.
> > In theory, this will avoid the need to restart into Mac OS 9 on the
> > server machine.  (A similar option would be to buy an Ethernet to
> > LocalTalk converter box, but you would need one that did more than just
> > support a printer.)
> > 
> > Unfortunately, I suspect there are other issues with compatibility
> > between the AppleShare server in Mac OS X and the Apple II AppleShare
> > client, e.g. the server won't support storing ProDOS file names.
> 
> I have a Mac Plus with 4MB of RAM and System 6.0.8 running.  It has an
> external SCSI<->Ethernet adapter and I use it to FTP files back and 
> forth to the Plus from the G4.  
> 
> Could I run a EtherTalk -> LocalTalk bridge on that thing?

The first requirement is that the SCSI-Ethernet adaptor has standard
drivers which make it available for AppleTalk (it should appear as an
item in the Network control panel).  LocalTalk Bridge takes over the
serial port and does the bridging to whichever other port is configured
for use by AppleTalk.

The main problem is likely to be that LocalTalk Bridge may require a
newer system version and/or Open Transport.

I was thinking of slightly newer Macs as better candidates, such as an
SE with an Ethernet card installed.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz