At 20:39 +0200 4/10/11, Tjabring van Egten wrote: >I would like to connect my Linux box to a LocalTalk network. I've been >reading >about it and I know it is possible with a LocalTalk PC Card. In the 80 and >90 >made by Farallon, Dayna, Tangent and Novell. They are supported by the Linux >kernel. > >Is there anyone who would like to sell his of her card to me? > >Known supported types are: > >Dayna DL2000 >Daynatalk/PC (half length) >COPS LT-95 >Farallon PhoneNET PC II >Farallon PhoneNET PC III > >Tangent ATB_II >Novell NL-1000 >Daystar Digital LT-200. > >Kind regards from The Netherlands, > >T. van Egten
You don't say what low-end Mac you're involved with but. . . There is a lot of difference between LocalTalk and Apple file sharing using a LocalTalk pair. The LocalTalk pair is nothing more than an RS 485 connection that allows multiple balanced serial connections on a pair of wires with terminators at the ends. The Farallon cards were mostly a way to take advantage of RG11 - cheap - telephone style connectors to replace the MiniDIN connectors that Apple used. It is news to me that any Linux kernel would support Apple file sharing that way. Apple's own OS X.4 and higher don't even do that. I find that my SE/30, with an Asante card, and my Mac IIFX with a nubus ethernet card can communicate with Linux using NetPresenz from what was Stairways software but still exists for the Interarchy FTP and HTTP clients. -- --> From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. <-- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
