Re: Appletalk or GS/TCP?

[jd-wong@cs.uiuc.edu (Jim Wong)]

mportune@telerama.lm.com (Matt Portune) writes:

>Perfect!  Now, my next crazy question.  Can this be done over a handshaking 
>null-modem serial connection?  Or do I HAVE to buy new hardware as well?

If you're using a Mac server with no other clients, you can get
by with a StyleWriter cable between the GS and the Mac.  I'd just
shell out the $35 for a couple LocalTalk boxes, though.  

If the Mac is already on a non-LocalTalk-based network or you're
using a PC running NT, things get more complicated, since PC's
don't, in general, support LocalTalk and the current implementation
of Open Transport doesn't support multi-homing.  In this case,
you're looking at spending a sizable chunk of cash to get your
GS's AppleTalk bits shoved off onto Ethernet...
-- 
Jim Wong (jd-wong@uiuc.edu)