Re: Localtalk card questions.

["Ernest" <ernestls@home.com>]

Thanks for the help. I should be getting the card, and everything else that
I need by the end of next week, so if I have any more questions it won't be
until then.

Ernest


Jon Bettencourt wrote in message ...
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>> 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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