Re: Has anyone networked a IIc and a Mac?

[lone@hogbbs.scol.pa.us (John Hale)]

mattera@rtsg.mot.com (Michael Mattera) writes:

> I have a IIc(1M ram) and a Performa600cd. I would like to put most of
> my IIc appleworks/programs on the Mac hard drive so they
> can be loaded into the IIc. The FAQ says that the IIc can use
> appletalk. Is that strickly true, is there any hardware/software that I
> could add or modify to allow these two machine to talk in a usefull way.
Yeah, I've did a lot of research on this to try to hook up a GS (then 
when the money got cut -- skreee!!) 
(1)st: Does the //c have an appletalk port? I don't think so, but w/o it 
I don't think you can do anything especially cool.
...But with the //e, now, all you need is an Apple ][ Workstation card 
(like $149 I think...) This, I BELIEVE, includes software, and a card 
which is essentially a stripped-down serial printer/modem card. Actually, 
I guess you COULD do this with a //c, you'd just need the software....
Anyway, things are a little more complex on the Mac end. You need a bunch 
of connectors and terminators, for one thing. PhoneNET is cheap, but 
since you're going between two computers, it might not be worth it. As 
for software on the mac end, you just need to make (a) A prodos partition 
on your hard drive, and (b) to install software which will recognize you 
apple // on startup, ie boot appleworks. This comes with the appletalk 
server kit, which you would have to buy. (Yes, expensive, esp with two 
system...) You could always hack the software....
If you don't have the money or processing power to turn your mac into a 
dedicated server, you can use the built-in networking of System 7. (As 
oposed to the network software on the mac = Appleshare) This will not let 
you boot directly (with your //e) off the network, but you can use your 
mac more easily (you can also use the mac with AppleShare 3.0 under 
System 7, but why spend all the money?) For this, you just use the File 
Sharing windows in 7. 

I know I'm not much of a manual writer, but you can get a lot of very 
specific data from the may 1992 edition of A2-Central, where most of this 
came from. Good luck!
                                                        -Lone Wolf