Anyone using their old Mac? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

1 Aug 2002

...
 ISTR doing that with MacTCP 1.x (an addon install, not
included
in System 6) and a SCSI<->Ethernet box.  I'm fairly certain that
the ethernet box came with System 6 drivers, but if someone here
knows that it flat-out can't be done, then I'm probably mistaken.
I have never tried it with dial-up, if that's what you mean. 
I don't recall if I have ever personally done it... but I see no reason 
it CAN'T be done. There are MacTCP drivers for System 6, and at least the 
Asante SCSI->Ethernet box has System 6 drivers available.

There are also System 6 drivers for the Farallon Etherwave 
localtalk->ethernet adaptor, however, the Etherwave doesn't support 
TCP/IP (limit of the Appletalk, not of the etherwave), so you have to use 
MacIP (TCP/IP wrapped in AppleTalk), and a MacIP to TCP/IP bridge (like 
IPNetRouter running on another Mac). And again, I see no reason it can't 
be done.

-chris
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