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

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

On 17 Jan 2007, schmidtd wrote:

> Gregory Weston wrote:
> > I think
> > you're going to need some sort of bridging solution to get it working.
> > Asante has/had such a product.
> 
> My own bridging solution is only marginally better than sneakernet
> because I lack dedicated hardware.  I have a Mac IIci that has an
> Ethernet card and (of course) the old round serial connectors.  I can
> hook the IIgs to the IIci and use Appletalk to talk between the serial
> ports.  I then can switch the IIci to do Appletalk over Ethernet (it
> can't do both at the same time) and then an iMac running OS9 can see
> the IIci's drive and connect to it.  I haven't had any luck getting OSX
> to see it.  Once files are copied onto the OS9 iMac, I can use whatever
> other more modern protocols I want to branch out from there.
> 
> That's all an interesting and fun academic exercise.  If I /really/
> want to move files, I use a CompactFlash card and a CFFA adapter in the
> IIgs.

You can run LocalTalk Bridge on the IIci to allow AppleTalk to use both
ports at the same time. 
-s
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