Cool! Lots of great information there. I do have Basilisk running on my PC, so maybe it would be good to just get one of those Appletalk to ethernet converters and hang it on my switch. I'm guessing that there is some sort of proceedure for setting up the emulated Mac to be an Appletalk node/share on ethernet. Then I'm guessing the appletalk/ethernet converter box would be assigned or DHCP assigned an IP address to talk to the rest of the network? Or does it just run the AppleTalk protocol over Layer2 on the ethernet connection?
Is there an official name for one of those? Does someone on this list have a recommendation or one they could sell me? So I guess the SE has an internal SCSI connector. Is that just a 50 pin flat cable SCSI connector? Maybe I could just tear out HD from the external one I got with it and install it internally. But then I would probably need some sort of compatible bracket and the face of it would still have a slot for the floppy... I apparently just one another Mac Plus I had bid on in Ebay. So now I have two Mac Plus machines to restore and this SE. Should make for a fun summer! On May 29, 3:02 pm, Scott Holder <[email protected]> wrote: > Sterling wrote: > > Well, got back from the local garage sale and now have a Mac SE! > > > It just says Mac SE FDHD on the front with two disk drives, so it's > > probably just a 68000 processor. > > If it hasn't been upgraded in some clever way, it should be a straight > 68000.> Came with a 40MB external hard drive, two mice and two keyboards > > though. > > They also had a lot of software with it, so now I have a system disk > > or two that can boot into the Mac Plus too. > > I checked it out and the HD is working, screen looks good and it > > appears to have 4MB Ram in it. > > > What can I do with this SE now? > > > It doesn't appear to have an expansion slot, but maybe I'm wrong. > > But hey, the whole thing was probably worth the $100 I paid for it... > > Well, the most common uses for these old machines range from word > processing to emailing and light web browsing. Plenty of great old games > too. It does have an expansion slot in there somewhere, so there'd be > space for an ethernet card if it isn't already taken up by something. > Alternatively, a SCSI->Ethernet adapter would work with it. > > It isn't clear from your email if it has one or not, but SEs support > internal HDs - it should have one in there already, but if not, you > could stick one in there and save the trouble of an external. > > Since it's a FDHD, you can use it to read/write all the 800k disks you > want. The hole-taping trick mentioned is a good one, but be prepared for > disks to randomly go unreadable. You'll want to make sure to keep disk > images ready to re-write them, and not store anything important on them. > I've had pretty good luck with the method on my old Macs, but be safe. > > Honestly... $100 seems a bit high, but if you're happy with it and it > suits your needs, then it's all good. It's all about what it's worth to you. > > > I also bid on another Apple 40MB external Drive for the Plus and won > > it for $35 including shipping on Ebay. > > So I guess I can format that sucker on the SE and then move it to the > > Mac Plus maybe? > > Then I will appletalk the two together and can transfer files. > > Should work fine. If you're going to use System 7, make sure you do a > Universal Install and not a Mac SE-specific install (though for those > machines, I doubt it'd matter too terribly much). The Plus and SE have > pretty much the same requirements and capabilities, so just about > anything that works on one ought to work on the other.> But maybe I still > need a bridge machine or method to get stuff from > > the internet onto these macs still... > > The SE and even the Plus itself with a SCSI->Ethernet adapter would be > capable of getting its own stuff from the web. But, a later 68k Mac or > Powerbook or even early PPC would make it a lot more pleasant to use. > Personally, I use a Powerbook Duo 280c running 7.1 for most of my > "bridging". It still supports MFS for creating and reading those ancient > disks, runs a decent web browser for browsing and downloading (iCab), > has the 1.44 superdrive for reading everything, and has fairly readily > available ethernet. The only downside to it is lack of built-in ethernet > - but it works and is small. > > Alternatively, an emulator like Basilisk II on your PC can be > Appletalked to either using Ethernet, but you'll need either Ethernet > cards or a Localtalk to Ethertalk bridge to the Macs to make it work. > I've moved to this method for my Ethernetted Macs since I have much more > storage on my PC and can store everything I've ever wanted in a central > spot. > > Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
