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Re: Appreciating my Apple IIs
- Subject: Re: Appreciating my Apple IIs
- From: Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>
- Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 13:24:46 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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william strutts wrote:
> > If you get a hold of two AppleTalk connectors and a piece of telephone
> > wire to attach the two, should be no dramas at all. I was surprised how
> > easy it is. You can control the Mac from the IIgs but not the other way
> > around.
>
> It was my understanding that if you just wanted to network two
> computers using Appletalk, you could just use a serial cable
> between the two computers. I would think those localtalk
> connectors would be hard to find since the Mac has abandoned
> that architecture.
>
LocalTalk = AppleTalk over serial. PhoneNet = Rj-12 (phone) adapters
that let you use phone line instead of serial cable to link two
machines. I've got this going on my IIgs--found the connectors readily
avail @ CompUSA 1 year ago in the Mac section.
bp