Subject: Re: Localtalk ??
To: Niels S. Eliasen <nse@ruc.dk>
From: Avram Dorfman <dorfman@est.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/12/1999 14:22:15
On the other hand, if you happen to have another NetBSD Mac w/ a spare
serial port, you can network them together just by doing PPP over Serial.
You'll have to config the other Mac as a router, and it will be slow, but it
works pretty well.

-Avram
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
To: Niels S. Eliasen <nse@ruc.dk>
Cc: port-mac68k@netbsd.org <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: Localtalk ??


>On Wed, 12 May 1999, Niels S. Eliasen wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> This might seem like a dumb qustion, but have to ask it nonethelesss...
>>
>> I would like to use my old Duo 270C as well for NetBSD(I know there are
>> some problems with the screen, but that is ok! the LCD screen is cracked
>> anyhow!) but using the Duo poses a problem with connecting it to
>> Ethernet....
>> With MacOS it works fine using the Newertech Etherdock, but I doubt there
>> is a Etherdock driver for NetBSD(?!), but how about using the printer
port ?
>
>Who knows about the doc. ?? It's something we'd like to support, but
>don't. Depending on the chip, it might not be too hard to support.
>
>> Is there any way at all getting Appletalk to work over a serial interface
?
>
>Not at present. It's something I'd like to add, but haven't had a chance
>to yet.
>
>Take care,
>
>Bill
>
>