Re: A TCP/IP Question:

[jmholmes@swbell.net (John)]

OK Supertimer!  You keep mentioning these Appletalk cards for the PC!  Are you 
sitting on a big stash of them (or do you know someone who is???)  Even when 
they were in production they were prohibitively expensive and hard to find!


In article <20000131014956.26920.00000479@ng-bk1.aol.com>, supertimer@aol.com 
(Supertimer) wrote:
>me2@nowhere.org (Bart) wrote:
>
>>I JUST got a ROM 3 today; and if the gods smile I hope to get a ehternet to 
>>Appletalk bridge in the near future.  I have a question: can Marinetti be run 
>>over phonenet lines and out to an ethernet?  I have a PC network (10b2) 
>>with a Linux (RH5.2) internet gateway.  I can access the Web/email/etc
>>from any PC in the house.  Now, can I add my GS to that list via the
>>above?  The GS is currently Appletalk linked to a Mac IIsi but IF I can
>>get that bridge, could I.....?
>
>No.  Marinetti is not programmed to do Ethertalk (AppleTalk over Ethernet
>or TCP/IP over LocalTalk).  However, you can get a LocalTalk card for
>your PC and run Nettatalk on Linux and make your PC act as an
>AppleShare server for the IIGS.  The connection between the IIGS and
>the PC would then be pure AppleTalk.  Marinetti, TCP/IP, and Ethernet
>would not be involved at all.