Re: Imation USB SuperDisk

["Villados, Bryan" <news002@macgeek.org>]

I'm pretty positive that most routers configured for ADSL or cable modem no
longer transmit AppleTalk data. So I really won't worry about people from
the outside seeing your shares as long as you're not sharing via TCP/IP.

As for file transfers between Macs and Apple IIs... I think the best
appliance anyone could have for this purpose is a Macintosh Color Classic
with an Apple IIe emulation card and 5.25-inch Unidisk drive attached to the
card. Being compact, it takes very little space. And, with this setup, you
can transfer 5.25->3.5, 3.5 ProDOS->Mac HFS, etc. If you can't afford a
Color Classic (they still sell for over $100 on eBay), a Macintosh SE/30 or
a Mac SE/FDHD, along with an Apple IIgs  would be a good combination. In my
bedroom, I have a Mac LC with a 12-inch mono monitor, an Apple IIe card and
5.25" drive.

--- Bryan

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.spamless.net> wrote in message
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> Tilghman Lesher wrote:
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> > I've done something similar without getting a IIgs ethernet card.  If
> > you have a Mac with both a localtalk port and an Ethernet card, you
> > can run Localtalk Bridge (unsupported Control Panel from Apple) on the
> > Mac (OS 9 or earlier).  I was able to mount a volume from a Unix box
> > running netatalk on the IIgs (despite the fact that the IIgs was not
> > directly connected to the Unix box) and transfer files quite easily.
> > This should also work for any other machine on the network running
> > Appletalk.
> >
> > With a simple Google search, I was able to find the Localtalk Bridge
> > software here:
> > http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/mac/LWBridge2/
> > and here:
> > http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/dsl/macpoet/html/localtalk.html
> >
> > -Tilghman
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> I've done that with a IIgs or a IIe with a workstation card connected to
> a compact Mac running localtalk bridge, it being connected to an
> ethernet network. Your right it does work well. I should reread my
> postings as I often enough don't convey what I'm thinking very clearly.
> I was actually meaning that if I got an ethernet card for the IIgs then
> using ADSL I could download any files directly to the IIgs and skip a
> step in having to move the files from the Mac -> IIgs -> II+.
>
> I guess one of the reasons I'm looking at alternatives is I recently got
> ADSL and at least right now I'm feeling less trusting about having
> filesharing turned on when I have a full time connection.
>
> Wayne
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