Re: Imation USB SuperDisk

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.spamless.net>]

Tilghman Lesher wrote:

> I've done something similar without getting a IIgs ethernet card.  If
> you have a Mac with both a localtalk port and an Ethernet card, you
> can run Localtalk Bridge (unsupported Control Panel from Apple) on the
> Mac (OS 9 or earlier).  I was able to mount a volume from a Unix box
> running netatalk on the IIgs (despite the fact that the IIgs was not
> directly connected to the Unix box) and transfer files quite easily.
> This should also work for any other machine on the network running
> Appletalk.
>
> With a simple Google search, I was able to find the Localtalk Bridge
> software here:
> http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/mac/LWBridge2/
> and here:
> http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/dsl/macpoet/html/localtalk.html
>
> -Tilghman

I've done that with a IIgs or a IIe with a workstation card connected to
a compact Mac running localtalk bridge, it being connected to an
ethernet network. Your right it does work well. I should reread my
postings as I often enough don't convey what I'm thinking very clearly.
I was actually meaning that if I got an ethernet card for the IIgs then
using ADSL I could download any files directly to the IIgs and skip a
step in having to move the files from the Mac -> IIgs -> II+.

I guess one of the reasons I'm looking at alternatives is I recently got
ADSL and at least right now I'm feeling less trusting about having
filesharing turned on when I have a full time connection.

	Wayne