Re: appletalk on the apple IIe or IIgs ---> appletalk on a "modern" mac

["Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Gregory Weston wrote:

> In article <1169040186.757759.271300@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
>  "1capybara@gmail.com" <1capybara@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I noticed Mac OS-X supports appletalk and i have the appletalk ports
> > (the size and shape of PS2 ports but with a couple extra pins) on my my
> > aplle IIgs. some apple IIe  alos have appletalk.
> > 
> > So: how do i connect the two?
> > 
> > Powermac g4 and Powerbook G4 each have:  ethernet ports, dial-up modem
> > ports, usb and firewire ports
> > the powermac also has a speaker out and mic in port.
> 
> Somewhere along the line, AppleTalk (as a joined hardware and protocol 
> spec) got broken up into two things. In modern documentation, AppleTalk 
> refers to a communication protocol (which Apple still supports) and 
> LocalTalk refers to connection hardware (which Apple does not). I think 
> you're going to need some sort of bridging solution to get it working. 
> Asante has/had such a product.

A cheaper, if more cumbersome, solution is to use an older Mac as the
bridge. Any Mac with ethernet & serial ports should work. You can use a
printer cable to connect the IIgs to the old Mac if you don't have
Localtalk adaptors and install Localtalk Bridge on it.
Your G4s will have to be booted into 0S9, as I don't believe you can
connect to an OSX server (though it will show up in the chooser).
-s
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