Re: Mac Se as boot server for IIgs

["Kirk Mitchell" <kirkmitchell@gmail.com>]

Wolfgang wrote:

> So After installing the IIgs software on the MAc , I was able to boot
> and to use the Mac as a harddrive for the IIgs.

I'm glad you got that working.  So, what do YOU think of the speed of
the boot?  I've had as many as 6 GS's booting a the same time, and it
was very slow.  I suppose just one wouldn't be too bad.

>
> Now I can move to my next project.
> Finding a workstation card for my IIe and a Ethernet card for the MAC Se
> Goal is to get the IIe and the IIgs through the Mac se to connect to my
> eMac and to the WWW.

I've done this.  (Well, not with a //e though...)

It might not be as easy.  If you run "LocalTalk Bridge" on your SE, it
will allow your GS to see any other computer on the ethernet network..
It may not be able to connect, since the Appletalk version that the GS
uses is pretty old, and may not be compatible with your eMac's System.
I think it'll work up to 10.2.8.

That won't get you to the WWW.  You'll need some means of generating
MacIP packets that Marinetti 3 can handle.  I used a software routing
program called IPNetRouter.  It's not very cheap.  $80 I think.

It would be cheaper to forget the SE and just get a Gatorbox
Localtalk/Ethernet router.  There were 3 on eBay last I checked.  It
does MacIP.

Good luck on the project.

Kirk