19 Jan
1999
19 Jan
'99
12:12 p.m.
I'd like to try to get my Mac 512k, Apple //gs,
and IW-II talking
together. I have all of the LocalTalk (PhoneNet style) hardware connected to
the respective units. However, this is the first time that I'm attempting
any form of networking on my Apples, so I really don't know where I'm going.
You have terminators in place on each end of the line, correct?
I know that you have to identify one of the serial
ports as LocalTalk.
I've done this in the //gs Control Panel, and I think that I've done this on
the Fat Mac, but what am I supposed to see? How do I know that it works?
Hmmm, what version of MacOS is the Mac running, and I think you need to
specify the printer is a localtalk printer. I run Appletalk, but it's over
ethernet, and the even my HP 5MP printer is attached to the Ethernet by a
Ethernet-to-Localtalk box, so I've not really had any problem.
Are you just trying to print, or are you trying to share drives? I've
never networked either of my Apple //gs's, so not sure what the
capabilities are.
If you're trying to share drives, you need to share a folder or a drive on
the Mac.
Zane
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