Re: IIgs and OS X filesharing solutions

[mspangler@gemsi.com (Michael Spangler)]

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.

Mike S.

salfter@salfter.dyndns.org.is.invalid (Scott Alfter) wrote in message > 
> I'm not sure how well this software works on newer Macs or with Mac OS X. 
> Back when I set up my GatorBox, I used a Quadra 610 running 7.5.3.  I know
> the config only runs over LocalTalk, so a Mac with Ethernet only won't cut
> it.  (Once you have some sort of configuration on the Ethernet side, you can
> telnet in and do some configuration & maintenance that way.)