software. I
want to have as many different kinds of segments on my network
as I can manage, which means running a model 95 OS/2 system to bridge
between 10bt and tokenring on twinax.
To round out that heterogeny, you need a set of Thomas-Conrad ARCNet
cards (unless you can find 20Mbps-Datapoint cards), a passive hub,
and a serial-port-based Token-ring network that uses software written
in Russia. The Russian software lets you host drives that are actually
shares from other machines!
You'll want to use a Mac to bridge Ethernet to Localtalk, if you
can find the software...
I have a case of new in the box Thomas Conrad ARCnet cards, and more
different ethernet to localtalk boxes and software than most people even
know exist. Cheapest is to download from Apple the now free formerly I
think Sonic LocalTalk bridge software (running on my starmax right now
bridging the localtalk segment with my NEC laser printer).