Re: Commodore drives can be controlled on Apple II serial!

[peter@alwaysthinking.com]

In article <3528d127.242720239@roch-news>,
  wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith) wrote:
>
> On 4 Apr 1998 00:43:46 GMT, shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy
> Shackelford) wrote:
>
> |>Well I'd say it follows you hear about "pesky Macs", since they came from
> |>the same company and all. If you can't handle it, sorry.
>
> what makes you think i can't "handle it"?!?  i've already mentioned
> that my distaste for the Mac is a personal thing, and that (given a
> choice) i have more tolerance for a Mac user than a WinDOZE user.
>
> |>The Fastpath router I have routes Appletalk out of the box, but if you want
> |>to set up Appletalk zones or route TCP or DECnet or the other supported
> |>protocols, ya gotta configure it. And that means using a Mac. Again, if you
> |>can't handle that, sorry.
>
> that's wonderful if you've got a router at home.  i'm thinking on the
> small-scale: a HOME network.  i want to get things working on a
> repeater if i can, because repeaters are (a) cheaper (b) not overkill.
> for me to go out and get a router for linking two machines would be
> like trying to buy a Lambourghini just to be able to drive it two
> miles to the store.  (of course, that's a stupid thing to have where i
> live.  the frost heaves in the late-fall to early spring would destroy
> the car in no time...)
>
> |>: show me an ethernet card that allows the //gs to do TCP/IP, and i'll
> |>: show you an ecstatic computer geek...  :)
> |>
> |>I'd take ethertalk, but that's all I would need myself. I don't have a modem
> |>on my IIgs any more since there aren't any TCP client apps or PPP for that
> |>matter.
>
> EtherTalk is a Mac thing, so far as i know...  if there was a 10Base-T
> connector for the //gs, i'm SURE that somebody would have thought
> about using it by now...
>
> ---
> William Smith
> #include <disclaimer.h>
> Remove the obvious when sending e-mail...
>

I came in late on this discussion, and noticed that you're trying to connect
two machines.  If you're using 10BaseT, you only need a crossover cable -- no
hub or repeater.  Of course, it'll never work for more than two machines, but
in your case, there's no sense spending money you don't have to.

Do you know what a crossover cable is?  Are you handy with making cables?  Do
you want one?  Send me email if interested.

Peter Lawton
peter@alwaysthinking.com

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