Re: GS--> Ethernet

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

David Empson (dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
: In article <3p2klf$pab@aristotle.algonet.se>,
: Magnus Eriksson <magnuse@algonet.se> wrote:
: > Hi Im asking this for a friend who doesnt have news:
: > 
: > Is there ANY way to connect a GS to a Ethernet network ?

: Not directly.  Apple were going to release an EtherTalk interface card
: for the IIe/IIgs, but they canned it just before it was released.

: There have not been any clear indications of a third-party attempt to
: make one (a couple of people said they might do it, but I haven't
: heard anything along these lines for several months).


: You can, of course, connect a IIgs to a LocalTalk network which has a
: gateway to EtherTalk.  This would let you access Macintosh servers on
: the EtherTalk zones for example. 

I'm about to get an ethernet card for my SE so I can connect it and my Quadra
together. I've tried ethernet before and found out it's a mondo pain in the
butt to be switching between ethernet and localtalk all the time. I've seen
talk about an Apple software package called Localtalk Bridge, which routes
data between ethernet and localtalk on a machine connected to both. It's
supposed to sell for $100, quite a bit cheaper than those hardware bridge
gizmos. I haven't seen any talk about it though, even over in comp.sys.mac.
Anyone heard of it or used it?
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
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