Re: IIgs and OS X filesharing solutions

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Wiley Wiggins wrote:

>On 2004-02-24 09:00:33 -0600, Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com> said:
>
>> In article <1a410081.0402232033.108df638@posting.google.com>,
>>  mspangler@gemsi.com (Michael Spangler) 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.
>> 
>> I ran it on either 9.1 or 9.2.2 (can't remember if I was running it off 
>> of the 7500 with 9.1 or the G3 with 9.2.2) a while back.  It worked 
>> just fine.  I had to get the GS/OS disk images onto a my Duo 2300 which 
>> has a floppy drive that writes ProDOS disks just fine.  Was making a 
>> set of system disks for someone so he could play with his GS.
>> 
>> I think it was probably long enough ago that it was the 7500 with 9.1, 
>> but the computer look so much alike that I can't remember.  And it was 
>> before I found out about the program (can't remember the name offhand) 
>> that could write ProDOS disks on the PowerMac floppy drives.
>
<top-posting corrected>
>
>I wonder if it could be done with my Newton Emate 300 and an ethernet 
>pcmcia card? I guess I'll have to see if there is a Newton version of 
>the localtalk bridge. I have an old quadra 950, which I believe just 
>needs a transciever to do ethernet...
>
>It's too bad that there isn't a slightly more elegant way to do this. 
>would the Apple II ethernet card have hypothetically allowed me to 
>network the IIgs directly with an OS X machine?

Theoretically--if anyone bothered to write the protocol stacks
for the Apple II.

This would certainly be feasible for the IIgs, but an effort, and
a full protocol stack for the //e would be much more difficult,
because of addressing limitations.

Ironically, we are now in this very situation, with a third-party
Ethernet card for the Apple II line, with limited IIgs software
support and no //e software support.  This may be why Apple
decided to drop their card.

-michael

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