On 17-Sep-00, WSS wrote:
>
> I will soon be needing to be transfering a whole heap of files (a few gig)
> to an iMac. Not sharing any common interface means that's not as easy as
> it sounds. Is it possible to connect the modems together
That doesn't sound like a good way. Why convert from digital to
analogue and back to digital, with the speed penalty that involves.
Is there no simple way to null-modem from USB to ordinary serial?
> and configure
> Genesis TCP/IP & whatever the Mac equivalent is?
FreePPP seems to work OK on Mac, and is reaonable easy to configure.
I saw a cheap USB to SCSI convertor in a shop the other day. That
would be a simple way to do it--configure a Mac disk in Shapeshifer
and just transfer the drive.
> If not (I was grasping at straws to save a bit of dosh), it seems ethernet
> is the answer, using Eyetech's PCMCIA ethernet card. Question is, how easy
> is it to configure Genesis?
As easy as Miami. But Ethernet is always a bag of mixed fish hooks and
worms.
If you want help with networking, go to c.s.a.amiga.networking. There
are some very clever and knowledgeable people there.
> Eyetech tell me the supplied software is
> pre-configured for Amiga to PC, but Macs are a whole different ballgame
Not really. TCP/IP is just TCP/IP.
> and no support can be offered. How would it be different?
>
> Any suggestions before I spend my hard earned dosh on a devise that even
> Eyetech are unsure if it will work?
Borrow SCSI and USB JAZ drives?
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