At 17:45 +0000 on 23/01/03, Stuart Bell wrote: >On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 05:24 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: > >> Going through my phonenet connectors and came across an Asante Mac >> Link Extender. Looks like it hooks into the printer port and you can >> hook an ethernet cable into the other end. Anyone ever heard of such >> a device or if it needs and special software? >> > >I've seen similar. Some allow localtalk connections over the printer >port, so that older Macs can seamlessly communicate on an Ethernet >network.
Uh...that seems to imply that they also do LocalTalk-to-Ethernet bridging. Since there's no way to get power into such a device using the printer or modem port alone, I'm a bit curious as to how this would work. My guess was going to be it's a cheap way to extend a printer cable or LocalTalk connection, albeit somewhat more expensive than PhoneNet would be... -- the pickle FAQ <http://macfaq.org/index.shtml> _________________________________________________________________ -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
