Re: Localtalk gateway/bridge

[me2@nowhere.org (you)]

Retro-computing and retro-networking is a terrible thing.  I know.  right now 
I am attempting to revive a Sider/SASI  drive using some bizzare old old 
software (Thanks Wayne!)  and a 1989 vintage Xebec card. 
The Retro-bug will definitly lead to harder stuff like a TOPS network for 
example, or..Try running NT Server 3.1 and an ISA Appletalk card on a PC )that 
flavor recognizes such a NIC; later ones might, but I know that one works).

For some pointers on the sublect under discussion in this thread  though might 
I suggest a review of my wee write up found at: 
http://www.cometbaby.com/~pilgrimer/mynet.htm
  There you will find reference to a product called COPSTALK.  This product is 
no longer made, the company no longer exits, and it is no longer supported (If 
you click www.copstalk.com from the Help screen you will get a suprise.  make 
sure the kids are not in the room! oh boy!  <--for those who would be 
offended: Copstalk's url was taken over by a Hong Kong based porno house)
Now, with that caveat out of the way ;)... COPSTALK will not work on NT but on 
Windows 3.1 (A 16 bit version exists) 95 98 or ME it does fine and will 
connect Macs to a PC net.  If one Mac is running Localtalk Bridge then you can 
also connect you GS or Appletalk card equiled IIe (sort of) to it.  You cannot 
directly map a PC drive to a GS but you can do a double hop, ie, map a Mac 
drive, copy from the PC thene pick up the file  on the GS.  I do this all the 
time in that I do not have a Mac directly on the internet so to get Mac files 
I must download from the PC world (mostly that is; I do have a proxy server 
and web clients on a couple of Macs now). 
  If you really must go the other way then Dave is your best bet but it will 
cost you.  t'aint cheap!.  Even then, a Dave mapped drive from your PC may 
apear on a Mac desktop but, in systems 6.0.7, 7.1, 7.5.n and all flavors of 8, 
(don't know about 9 or X and also I am usin an earlier version of Dave and 
Apple talk 3.0.3), but, it will NOT map via Appletalk to the GS  that is, 
Appletalk cannot then share it to your Apple II net.
  A terrible thing retro computing. 

-Bart