Re: Localtalk card questions.

[processoroverclocked@33mhz.cjb.net (Jon Bettencourt)]

In article <I_Eg5.4677$c33.905005@typhoon-news1.southeast.rr.com>, "****
****" <***@***.com> wrote:

> Ernest wrote in message ...
> 
> >If what I've heard is correct, the LC has a built in Localtalk port but
> I'll
> >have to find the right LT cable to string them together.
> 
> 
> Actually, if you only have the 2 machines that you want hooked together, any
> Apple printer cable will do, the one with the small round 8pin plugs.  If
> you want these 2 machines, and a printer, or yet more machines networked
> together, then you need farallon phonenet dongles. They are about a foot of
> cable, with a small box at the end. Each box has 2 rj11 jacks (same as phone
> line). You plug a phone line in at one box, then at the next box, and you
> can keep daisy chaining them together, I think up to 30. The dongles at the
> ends of the chain require a terminator (because these are the only 2 dongles
> that dont use both rj11's). Terminators are easy to make, but hard to find,
> even if you find dongles. May be wrong, but I think they were 120 ohm
> resistors, just crimped into a phone plug. If interested though, contact me
> for plans to build a simple/cheap localtalk hub.

I would be interested in building a cheap localtalk hub! Or at least with
more specific instructions on how to use the three PhoneNet connectors I
have (does it require an actual phone line or do I just connect them using
phone cables? do I need all 4 wires in the cable or does it use 2 like a
standard telephone? can they be connected in parallel like telephones? can
I just use two unused phone line wires in the house?).

> >2. Can anyone tell me where I can find the Apple IIe software for this
> card?
> 
> Sorry, I can't answer that. But I believe Apple has released all that
> software at some point. Am fairly certain that if set up right, you don't
> need software at the //e end, but rather at the Mac. Requires a certain
> version (range of versions?) of Appleshare, but basically the E net boots
> off the mac.

You need AppleShare 2.0 - 3.0.3 on the Mac. You need to install and set it
up for Apple II boot support. Both versions of AppleShare are found here:

Server: ftp.driveway.com
User Name: appleshare
Password: appleshare

Use 2.0 for a System 6 computer and 3.0.3 for a System 7 and later computer.

> >3. Is there software for the LC that can convert .shk files to disk?

It's called Shrink II.

> >4. Will an LC support a 5.25 apple disk drive?

I think it depends on what kind of 5.25 disk drive you have. If it's an
Apple II disk drive, you can only plug it in to the IIe card. If it's a
Mac one, it will work only if you have a floppy port (which seems to have
disappeared on relatively recent Macs). I think the serial number will
begin with an A for an Apple II one or an M for a Mac one, but I'm not
certain.

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