On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Jeff Walther wrote:
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:17:32 -0400
From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
Subject: LocalTalk
Hi. I'm looking for a LocalTalk->Ethernet bridge and some LocalTalk
cables. Anyone have any available?
I don't have one available but the product names you are looking for
include:
AsantePrint
MicroAsanteprint
AsanteTalk
in order from oldest to more recent. All three of those were by Asante.
There were similar products from Farallon and Dayna, but I do not
remember
the specific product names. All of those will bridge from LocalTalk to
Ethernet, but I think they only bridge the AppleTalk protocols and not
TCP/IP.
Additionally, they likely will not support Apple 2 flavored AppleTalk.
Don't know if that's an issue or not. The only bridges that seem to
work reliably for A2 networking are the Gatorbox and some firmware
revisions of the FastPath 4. FastPath 5 boxes go through the motions,
but cannot seem to keep sessions alive with the Apple IIGS on one end.
For this A2 collector and enthusiast, it IS a big deal :-).
I definitely need to support both Mac an ][. I was planning on getting
it working in combination with a //e with a workstation card and a //c+
with its built-in LocalTalk to get them both on the Internet.
Peace... Sridhar