Re: Connecting Apple IIgs to Ethernet LAN

[ulrich hausmann <uhausmann@delphi.com>]

mikeford@socal.rr.com (Mike Ford) :

for years i had a an apple IIgs connected to a small mac based ethertalk net
using a GDT (the makers of powerprint) PowerNexus localtalk - ethertalk
(hardware) bridge. the nice thing is, it is hardware only, no drivers needed
and it can connect up to 4 localtalk devices.

alternatively, you could use an old mac running the - now free (you should
find it on the apple sites) - localtalk bridge software (control panel) to
route your localttalk devices to the ethertalk net.

there is a tcp/ip tool for the IIgs ( called marinetti), but it does not
support macip.

the only way, i'm aware of, to connect an apple II to a un*x work station is
by ser-to-ser or via a bridge (hardware or software) if it runs some kind of
appletalk protocol (there are, i'm sure) . . .

generally, the best source of apple II related infos - imho - is
www.delphi.com (Apple2). there are many geeks and even the programmer of
marinetti (richard bennet).

kind regards,

ulrich hausmann


> I don't think the IIgs will directly connect to a ethernet network, but it 
> is easy to connect it to LocalTalk, and then use a bridge to connect 
> LocalTalk to Ethernet. AppleTalk may be the only protocol you "really" 
> need to run with the IIgs, and the free but unsupported LocalTalkbridge 
> software from Apple will run on most macs. 
>   
> To support TCP/IP you will need a commercial bridge product, either 
> software, or hardware like the (old) Shiva FastPath that encapsulates 
> TCP/IP packets for LocalTalk. I have heard this works well, but haven't 
> tried it. I do have a number of the FastPath boxes I plan to sell, when I 
> get around to it. 
>   
> For your last questions I think so, but don't know that much about PC 
> software. NT I believe has a server option builtin to support Appletalk 
> services like printing and file sharing, but I don't know any details.