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Re: Apple ///?

In article <5i3ej1$h84@terrazzo.lm.com>,
Matt Portune <mportune@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
>Edhel Iaur, Esq. (LOSETHECAPITALWORDSedhel@bigfoot.com) wrote:
>> Expensiver way:
>> Get a Mac, Appletalk Server version 2 or 3, an Appletalk Card for the
>> //e, an Ethernet-to-Appletak bridge for the Mac, and an Ethernet card
>> for the PC.  Lessee, do I have that right...?
>
>I *think* you can leave out the bridge... assuming the mac has ethernet 
>built in, then connect that to the PC.  Then connect to the II via 
>localtalk on the mac's serial port.  Can you run Localtalk and ethernet 
>at the same time on a Mac?  If so, the mac would become the bridge.

It's either or on Macs, o localtalk and ethernet at the same time. Unless
you run Apple's localtalk bridge software or something which does the same
thing. But I think hardware is better, I sure do like having my fastpath
to use as a bridge.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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