Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Path: news.uiowa.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!nmb-news!NewsWatcher!user From: paulp@netmanage.com (Paul Pietromonaco) Subject: Re: Appletalk and IIGS Message-ID: Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 01:04:04 -0800 References: <4cvv11$13r@pith.uoregon.edu> <1107cc$14924.ea@news> Lines: 77 In article <1107cc$14924.ea@news>, Tobylaroni wrote: > On this subject: > > I'd like to (at the probable protests of my twin brother) connect my > Apple IIgs to a Mac Performa 550 for the purposes of transfering files > and in the future (hopefully) share an inkjet printer. Can I have some > info as to how this is to be done? Thanks! (If my brother refuses, is > it possible to set up a similar procedure with a Mac Plus? or is it > worth it?) > > Thanks, > Tobylaroni Hiya Tobylaroni, Want some info? You got it! I have a limited appletalk network set up right now between my Apple IIgs, and my Macintosh IIcx. Here's how to do it: (Note: This is a long post for a newsgroup, but, this is a great subject, others might find it useful and it helps extend the life of the IIgs quite a bit. Plus, it's just really cool to do!) Connections: If you just want a computer to computer connection, you can use the printer cable that you would use to connect a IIgs to a ImageWriter II, and plug it instead into the Macintosh printer port. (i.e. printer port to printer port with a printer cable). If you want more, like having additional macintoshes, or a network printer connected, you'll have to use something like Farralon's phone net plus boxes, which work well. These are little boxes that have an appletalk cable on one end, and two phone jacks on the other. They cost about $12 to $20 a piece, and you'd get one for each piece of equipment you're connecting. (I recommend the phone net Plus, instead of the regular phone net boxes, because they have built in termination. The original boxes have a resistor that have to be on some, but not all, of the boxes. With the phone net plus, you just "plug and play". (^_^)). Macintosh side: You have to be running system 7 or higher. Make sure networking is installed. From the chooser, turn on apple talk. Then, open the control panel, and double click on sharing setup. Give your owner name and turn on the file sharing. Share your whole hard disk (hey - why not? You're the only person on your net anyway). Close this window and open Users and groups from the control panel. Set up a dummy account, and close the window. That's it for the mac. (Reboot, just to be sure). Apple IIgs side: (I strongly suggest using GS/OS 6.0.1 for this) Make sure that you've installed AppleTalk from your GS/OS master discs. Go to the Main control panel (CDA) with a control-open apple-escape. Go to slots. Turn slot 1 to your card. Turn slot 7 to apple talk. Reboot. Now, from GS/OS, select Control Panels from the Apple Menu. Select Apple Share. Set your user name to the dummy account you created on the mac. Select your Mac from the file server list. Click ok, and log on. From the Extras Menu, you can use Easy Mount to make an alias for your Mac's shared hard drive. Then, the next time you start your apple IIgs, you don't even have to access the control panel. That's about it. Note: Unfortunately, I've had to write this post from memory, since I'd have to log off my mail server to restart AppleTalk, so please forgive me if I've missed a step on the Mac or the IIgs. If there's interest in the exact steps, I can post a step by step walkthrough. Trust me, it does work, and it works well. Don't expect blinding speed, though. This is an easy net to set up, but it sure ain't a fast net! (^_^). As to whether or not you can use a MacPlus, the answer is you can, but System 7 is pretty crowded on the Mac Plus, so it would almost have to be set up as a dedicated server for file sharing. Sharing a printer between the Mac Plus and the IIgs would be great, though. (I think, anyway, I don't have a MacPlus, so I can't really verify this.) Later, Paul -- ***************************************************************** "Watashi wa Nihon no Anime ga ichiban sukidesu. Anime no Tenchi Muyo no Ryoko ni aitai desu. Watashi mo Ayeka ni aitai desu." "Have you hugged your Ryo-ohki today?" ___/^_^\___ -paulp@netmanage.com ************************ NetManage, Inc. ************************ ***** Home of Chameleon - TCP/IP Applications for Windows ***** ********** Home of ECCO - The Super PIM for Windows ***********