Re: Connecting a Iigs to OSX

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

Mac wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Has anyone an idea how i can connect my Iigs to my mac running OSX i used to
> connect it via apple talk and the serail ports (II gs modem port to stealth
> serail port in my g3 b/w) i found out, that there�s no more apple talk
> supported for serial ports under osx well i don�t have an ethernet card in
> my Iigs either and don�t want to buy one...

Well I sort of had a similar problem with an earlier G3 in that both serial
ports were in use. What I did was use a compact mac(like the SE, Color Classic,

SE30,etc) with an ethernet card to bridge the gap. I connected the compact mac
to the G3 via ethernet and from the IIgs to the compact mac via serial port.
Then I ran LocalTalk Bridge on the compact mac. Results, I can see the
G3s hd on my IIgs desktop. The compact macs hd can ce on both the
G3s and the IIgs desktop which can be handy. I didn't stay with OSX long
enough to give it a try and haven't picked up 10.1 so I don't know if this
will still work but it's an idea.

    Wayne