Actually, I think i've figured out one portion of this. The bridge and file server: I'll drop a huge drive inside of my spare G3 Lombard (rather than the '540) serial from the lombard is for phone net to my 68k macs Ethernet talks to the rest of the house It will run apple's localtalk bridge software.
I guess my Google-fu isn't as bad as I thought. ;) I'm still curious about software i could run on my modern OS X/linux/raspberry pi box that will join this network via ethernet, and connect to the shares or provide new drive shares. -s On Friday, November 15, 2013 1:53:32 PM UTC-5, Scott Lawrence wrote: > > Hey all. > > So my home network right now consists of ethernet in the house going to a > PowerBook 540c (System 7.5.5). > Then I have a single local talk cable (No phone-net boxes or Local Talk > boxes anymore, sadly) going over to my SE/30. > > I'm looking for a few things, and my Google-Fu is failing me on this. > > 1. the software packages/configurations to run on a desktop machine on the > same network as the 540c, to serve files to the 540. (linux, Raspberry pi, > OS X or windows) > 2. Software for the 540 to bridge that share from ethernet to local talk > serial over to my SE/30 > and/or > 3. Software to run the above on modern computers, doing Local Talk out a > RS232 port, to connect to a phone net, cap net, etc network of classic macs > > It would seem that I can make a RS422 Mini Din 8 (mac) to RS232 D9 adapter > easily, just tie the TX+,RX+ on the '422 side to ground, and TX-, RX- to > the TX/RX lines of the 232 side.. > > It'd be nice to have a phone net/cap net network again for the machines > that have no ethernet (or that I can't afford to buy an ethernet board > for), and to be able to host/share data and apps out, for backups and file > transfers and such. I used to have about a dozen Apple Local Talk > connectors and cables, but sadly I do not have them any longer. :( > > Any assistance/suggestions/pointers/ideas/criticisms are welcome! > > -s > -- -- ----- 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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
