Hi all - I recently (last week) read here that the scsi-to-ethernet adapters did not work reliably, from a lister who seemed to know his stuff. Maybe that person will respond. There have been a lot of questions/answers on this topic lately. Perhaps there is an archive you can check.
Rich Bennet --- Stuart Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5 Dec 2004, at 10:02, Dylan McDermond wrote: > > > Just this week I've gotten a hold of a compact mac > again, a Classic > > II. I've spent the week figuring out how to > download disk images to > > the PC and write them to mac format 1.44 diskette > (since none of my > > macs have a floppy drive). I've unearthed a pair > of 4mb, 30 pin SIMMs > > for the little guy to max out his RAM to 10mb. > I've wiped the 80mb HDD > > and loaded (and loaded and loaded) him up to > System 7.5.5 and even > > added some neat Control Strip modules. Now I'm > ready to see if he can > > be networked. > > > > What I want to do is to network him into my home > network via TCP/IP > > over ethernet. I've looked around and it seems the > best bet is to find > > an Asante SCCI to Ethernet adapter to hook him in > 10bT. If I can get > > to that first stage, I want to see about using > Netscape 2.0 to surf > > the web. I need to know if this is possible over > ethernet. I can't > > seem to find an definitive answer as most of the > web pages I find that > > attempt to answer web questions date to the Mosaic > via modem days ;-) > > > > To clarify, I think there are two issues here: > > 1. Can you use TCP/IP under 7.5.5? Im sure the > answer is 'yes'. > > 2. Can SCSI-Ethernet adapters carry TCP/IP as > opposed to 'pure' > AppleTalk. I don't know the answer to that one. But > there's no point > worrying about question 1 until we know the answer > to question 2. > > Stuart > > > -- > 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> > --> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -- 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> --> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
