Re: iMac to GS again

[Howe Family <khowe@omninet.net.au>]

In article <3BA6B78A.7ED3CAEA@klis.com>, Norman Deveau 
<norman@klis.com> wrote:

> 	I've been trying to connect 2 modems to transfer files
> from my iMac to GS. I've tried many times with many different 
> configurations with no luck. The best result I've seen is with
> the ata command on both. With that I had one modem return "connect"
> for a few seconds. I've tried to increase the carrier wait time to 120
> seconds with "atas7120", but could see no difference. Any ideas?
> 
>  I'm using Appleworks 5 on Mac, and Modem Manager with a 33.6 
> Global Village modem on GS.

There are a number of different ways to connect an iMac to a GS. I would 
suggest a good starting point would be to find a cheap Mac with 
ethernet. Connect the ethernet to the iMac and run a printer cable from 
the GS to the cheap Mac. Run localtalk bridge on the cheap Mac and you 
can network straight from the GS to the iMac. (This doesn't work if 
you're running OS X.) Any old Mac with ethernet should do the job, you 
can do it with an SE with an ethernet card.

Another alternative if to buy a LANceGS ethernet card. Connect the two 
machines and run an ftp server on the iMac. Use gwftp or SAFE (or ftpNDA 
when it's released) on the GS to transfer files. This works with OS X 
too.

A third alternative is to set up a linux box. Log the GS in via slip on 
a serial port. Again run an ftp server on the iMac and connect to it 
from the GS via the linux box. This will also work with OS X and you 
could configure the linux box to share you internet connection between 
the iMac and the GS.

I have all of these set up...

Hope this helps.

Kim Howe
khowe@omninet.net.au
See my GS programs at
http://www.a2central.com/~kimhowe