Re: AppleTalk via PhoneNet?

[Dragon King <markhj01@winternet.com>]

> In article <area51-2504961808100001@pool024.max27.los-angeles.ca.dynip.alter.net>,
> Adam Rumack <area51@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >Is it possible to connect my Apple IIgs with my Mac Performa 575 (they're
> >on seperate levels of my house) using PhoneNet adapters?
> 
> I'm not sure, but I think PhoneNet connectors use the pair of wires in a
> phone cord which are unused by an ordinary phone connection.  So, if the
> wiring in your house is new enough, you can connect these two computers
> by plugging each into a phone outlet.  But don't take my word for it.  It 
> may be that the building's phone wiring needs to be outfitted with 
> special shielding, or, indeed, that I dreamt the whole thing.

You are correct sir.. Regular one phone systems only use the inner two 
wires (red & green). PhoneNet connectors use the outer two (black & yellow).
I've never run a network using the same cabling as the phone, but it 
should work fine.

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