help with //gs-appletalk

["Robert G. Marsh" <afn07038@afn.org>]

I have only limited access here, took me almost 2 weeks to get back to post
this, so replys to the address below are appriciated.

What I want to do:
	At minimum:	
		Get txt files off my //gs, and into my Mac
	Would be nice:
		To have the //gs linked into an appletalk network, and 
		be able to get files when I need them without hooking up 
		cables etc. for a one time deal.

System:
	Apple //gs, Rom 1, Ramfast with 520 meg HD, fried modem 
	port (direct lightening strike, melted all phone wires in the
walls of the house etc., only lost the modem and modem port, 	have used
the GS as my only computer for 2 more years after 	this. Internal AE
Datalink 2400, very noisy phone line, can not 	upload to a BBS. No working
3.5" disc drive (a whole pile of non 	working ones), do not want to spend
very much money on this 	project. Mac LC, system 7.5, global village
14.4 modem 	external, zip drive.

What I have tried:
	1.	Hook up the two modems together, played with both
systems for a long time, ProTerm 3.0 on the GS, Z-term on the 	Mac, can not
get them to receive or send files in either 	direction.
	2.	Hook up the Mac to appletalk ( I use this at work and am
familiar with it), hook up the GS to appletalk (had to go to the 
	FAQ's, put ramfast in slot 1, used slot 7, )tried the chooser,
tried file sharing on and off.... never had anything show up on 	the
GS or Mac.
	3.	Hooked up the printer cable to the Mac modem port, and 	to
the GS's printer port, changed configuration so ProTerm 	used the
printer port and Null Modem driver, could not find a 	Null modem setting
on Z-term on the mac, every option I tried 	could not get it to receive
or send to/from the GS. Tried AT 	commands that might help, no luck.
I spent most of the day yesterday trying all this, shut down each time
before changing cables, etc.... with no luck. Can anyone help???
I thought of contacting Omega, to see if I could get a install program for
the GS for the zip drive, but in the FAQ's , if I read it correctly, if I
try to use a "GS" zip disc on the mac it will reformat (and loose all data
?)?

My local server will not allow access to newsgroups, I treid all day
yesterday to get into this group the way I do, from another freenet, but as
ofter happens telnet access was not available. I will get back here when
possible, but would appreciate answers to my home address if possible
rmarsh@mail.orion.org
ANY help is appreciated.


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Robert Marsh,  Family Nurse Practitioner, organic farmer