Re: Waht would be the ideal set-up of a Mac G3 for a IIgs peripheral?

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In article <3D4C0993.6B1A6CEB@apple2.com>, eeastman@apple2.com wrote:

> Recently I acquired a Mac G3 that I would like to use as a IIgs
> peripheral.  It is a 266Mhz, has 64M of ram, a 4 G HD, CDrom and a disk
> that like my 800k ProDOS boot disk, and a built in ethernet port and a
> USB card has been added to one of the slots.  THe video card is a Mach
> 64 idf that makes any difference at all.
> 
> My goal is to use this computer to aid my IIgs, but also to do other
> tasks I desire.  (The IIgs stuff takes precidence because I actually
> have a Windows box for otehr stuff.)  I want to use Appletalk to
> transfer files to/from the internet to the IIgs.  I want to create disk
> images.  I want to use the Mac to burn CDs as I have an old external 2x
> SCSI CD burner.  I also want to hook a USB scanner to it.  I have a 20G
> SCSI HD (not mac) that I would like to get running in/on there as well. 
> I would like for it to serve web pages and serve FTP if possible.  I
> want it all.
> 
> So what should I be running on this computer?  I am looking for the
> 'ideal' OS version and software to make it the best IIgs periferal
> around, plus some.
> 
> Thankx,
> Ed

With only 64M of ram I'd forget about OS X. It would do everything you 
want except for Appletalk to the IIgs, although I seem to recall some 
people switching on Appletalk "classic" through the "back door" in OS X 
if you have a G3 with actual serial ports. I may be mis-remembering that 
point, however. With Marinetti and a LanceGS you could easily ftp files 
back and forth. I do that with my IIgs's and my iMac quite a bit.

Mac OS 9.1 or 8.6 would be good if you install ftp server software (I 
don't remember if 8.6 has web sharing or not. In any case, an older than 
current copy of WebSTAR would solve that for 8.6 and 9.1 because it has 
email, ftp and http servers. The current version is OS X only). 8.6 
still recognizes ProDOS disks, which can be handy.

Otherwise, try LinuxPPC with Netatalk. That OS might be your best bet to 
accomplish all of what you want.

HTH