28 Jun
1998
28 Jun
'98
6:08 a.m.
This is a coincidence! I just got an SE/30 and a Mac
IIx too. I also have
some of those Asante SCSI Network adapters. I'm wanting to network one of
these with my PC, but I don't know where to start. I know linux supports
Appletalk right out of the box so to speak, but I dual boot between in and
Windows 98, and 98 is my primary OS for the most part. Now, I've never
heard mention of Appletalk as a protocol under 95 or 98. Is it available?
What other option do I have besides Appletalk?
BTW, my only networking experience is with Novell Netware server and
DOS/Win95/NT boxes.
Probably the best solution is to take an older PC either a 386 or 486, with
a network card in it and install Linux. On this machine set up Netatalk,
NFS, Samba, and your FTP so they will all access the same drive. This way
you've got a drive that you can pretty much share between all systems on
your network.
I'm using a 486/33 that has been running Linux since 0.12, and am able to
access it from my various machines running MacOS, Linux, VMS, Amiga OS,
Win95, and BeOS. I just wish Linux supported DECnet! I can also connect a
few other systems to it via a serial connection. It even has a C-1541
drive attached to it, that can be used when I boot it to DOS, or I can run
programmes like Putr on it to use it's built in 5 1/4" drive. It's my
"Great Integrator".
Zane
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