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Re: Newbie's Big Adventure with IIgs




Morel wrote:

> John King <joki@eskimo.com> wrote:
>
> > -------------------
> >
> > What's involved with connecting a Mac and IIgs using AppleTalk? How fast is
> > the connection? Is this a feasible way to back up a partition? (never used
> > AppleTalk)
>
> Hardware: you need appletalk adapters to plug in the Mac and GS serial
> ports, and an Appletalk cable to connect them. Farallon Phonenet
> adapters are a good alternative (they use standard phone cable for
> connection). I don't know where you can get those now that ethernet
> rules, but Alltech seems a good place to try.

If you're only networking one Mac and one IIgs at a time then a printer cable
will work for this.