Re: IIgs and OS X filesharing solutions

["M. Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com>]

On 2/24/04 12:33 AM, in article
1a410081.0402232033.108df638@posting.google.com, "Michael Spangler"
<mspangler@gemsi.com> wrote:

> Cheapest solution I found was an old mac with an ethernet card (LC
> class will do), system 7.5, and LocalTalk Bridge. I was using an LC
> III with good results, currently I have moved it up to a 7600 running
> system 8.1. Localtalk bridge will not run on 8.6 or up, and is rumored
> to be unreliable on 8.5. I never ran 8.5, so I couldn't say myself.
> 
> The GS talks to the 7600 vis local talk, the G4 talks to the 7600 via
> ethernet. The only thing that doesn't work is the GS printing to the
> HP5MP (also on ethernet). Fortunately, I have localtalk card in the
> imagewriter, so that works for my limited printing needs from the GS.

What does the localtalk bridge software do for you?  Is that so you can
access other computers via TCP/IP from the IIgs?

I used a different configuration with my PC/Linux box, Mac, and IIgs all
connected by ethernet by using a localtalk-to-ethernet adapter on the IIgs.
Its kind of slow at ~300k baud, but it works.  Besides, the files I would
move back and forth were pretty small.

I did it so that I could use the hard drive space of the Mac from the IIgs;
I never really saw the appeal of running email or other TCP/IP applications
from the IIgs.

- Mike