Re: Network with a Mac

["Garth Beagle" <dalecoop@ix.netcom.com>]

You can do it with a regular minidin8 serial cable -- I have my Apple IIgs
hooked to a Mac SE/30 this way - I don't have the IIgs system files on the
Mac (I don't think this would work....) but you can make a network boot disk
with the Apple IIgs system installer and then boot and use apps off the Macs
hard disk.

-Garth

Mark Piazza wrote in message <68upv1$o8m$1@post.servtech.com>...
>A friend just gave me set of disks and manuals (in the original box!) for
>System6 IIGS, and it brought up a very good idea:
>Connect a IIgs (without a hard disk) to a Mac and boot from it!
>BUT... It tells me to refer to a manual that I do not have to set it up...
>
>Now the question is:
>How easy is it to connect a GS and a MAC+ with only a straight through
cable
>to do file sharing.
>I have seen the PhoneNET AppleTalk boxes (small in size) that plug into the
>printer/modem port and transfer to a phone type (RJ-11?) plug.
>Is there any way to network these two together using a plain AppleTalk type
>cable (minidin-8?)?
>And allow me to boot from the Mac?
>I don't care about other ever hooking other computers to it, just this one.
>
>
>Now know there is a way, I just need to know if I can use what I have or
>need to find a special AppleTalk cable...
>
>--Mark
>
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>Tim wrote in message ...
>>After reading the networking article in Joe Kohn's newsletter a few months
>>back, I spent some time networking my IIgs to my Mac Performa with
>>PhoneNet cards.  It seems to work beautifully!  Being able to store my GS
>>files on my 1 gig Mac drive has sure freed up my 40 meg GS hard drive
>>quite a bit, not to mention it impresses all of my friends. :)
>
><SNIP>
>>  -Tim
>>
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