Re: Appletalked GS under Linux

[exerda@vt.edu (John E. Nolley II)]

In article <5oj8km$cs9@holly.rdwarf.com>, wwonko@news.rdwarf.com says...

>: >Just wondered if anyone has networked a GS to a PC running linux?? Linux
>: >comes with appletalk preinstalled in its kernel, so I was wondering if
>: >this is possible. Anyway tried it?? If so....how did it go??

>: I'm working on it.  Problem is that the Linux appletalk drivers only
>: support ethertalk, and i'm not too keen on patching/writing new drivers
>: to get it to work on localtalk.  at the moment, i'm using two linux machines
>: networked with plip and a gs as a "super-terminal" via serial to one of
>: them.  that's about it for now, unless GS/TCP is come out yet?

>I know I'd like to get all our Macs on a LocalTalk net with the Linux box,
>but I haven't got a driver.  =).

I'm working on getting my GS on our apartment network (2 Mac SE/30's,
six pentiums, a 486, a 386, even a VAXStation)... So far I can mount
stuff on the Macs over LocalTalk fine, but then the Ethertalk is gone
on one of the Macs... I am looking into the LocalTalk Bridge (a couple
of companies other than Apple seem to make this sort of software too)

If I get everythingg working, I'll let everyone know how it turns out.
I hope to use the LT Bridge to make the Mac a sort of Ethertalk-LocalTalk
router or exchange of sorts.  We'll see.
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