Re: Networking a Lisa

2006-02-08 Thread Philip Lord
Thanks James, That's obviously the answer. I just read the manual. Thanks for your time in tracking down that crucial piece of information. Phil On Feb 8, 2006, at 8:31 PM, James MacPhail wrote: I can now connect my Lisa running OS 6.0.8 and 7.0.1 to a Powerbook 2400c running 8.6. However I

Re: Networking a Lisa

2006-02-08 Thread James MacPhail
>I can now connect my Lisa running OS 6.0.8 and 7.0.1 to a Powerbook >2400c running 8.6. However I can not see the Lisa from the Powerbook side. >I really have no idea how to start file sharing at all under 6. The file server feature first appeared in System 7, so computers running earlier syste

Re: Networking a Lisa

2006-02-07 Thread Philip Lord
Hi, Unfortunately nothing happened. I decided to reinstall OS 7 (downgrade from 7.0.1). I also installed the 'Tune Up' for System 7. Upon restart I found I could now see the 'Start' file sharing button that was missing before. I pressed it and instantly got the message "A problem with you

Re: Networking a Lisa

2006-02-07 Thread macmoni
Hi Phil, try, whether this routine accepts keyboard inputs? type in the 'owners name' ENTER type in the 'computer name' ENTER type in the password ENTER What happens now? TOM from a snowy Bavaria, the country of the marvellous castles of Koenig Ludwig, the Alps, the original Octoberfest in th

Re: Networking a Lisa

2006-02-06 Thread Philip Lord
Ok, Partial success! I can now connect my Lisa running OS 6.0.8 and 7.0.1 to a Powerbook 2400c running 8.6. However I can not see the Lisa from the Powerbook side. On the lisa running 7.0.1 if I open the 'sharing' control panel, I can enter in the 'owners name', the 'computer name' and the p

Re: Networking a Lisa

2006-02-05 Thread Philip Lord
Thanks James, I will try to connect the Lisa to another mac with an older system. See if this helps. I have tried to see the Lisa from the Wallstreet side but nothing appears in the chooser. I will double check again that sharing on the Lisa side is on. Thanks again for the info, I will

Re: Networking a Lisa

2006-02-05 Thread James MacPhail
>I have a hacked (not by me) localtalk connector > >The lisa is running OS 6.0.8, and the Wallstreet is running 9.2. > >when using the chooser I can see the Wallstreet, I can even attempt to >connect, and the Lisa displays a list of Wallstreet volumes. I think this indicates you do have (more or

Networking a Lisa

2006-02-05 Thread Philip Lord
Hi everyone, Not much activity on the list recently, so I thought I'd start another thread. I have a hacked (not by me) localtalk connector that connects into the back of my lisa, I am trying to connect to an old(ish) Powerbook Wallstreet. with a similar localtalk connector. The lisa is