Patrick Ford wrote the following about [netconnect] Re: Networking Amiga with Mac:
>
> On 20-Sep-00, Andrew Tait wrote:
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> >
> > Hello Wayne,
> >
> > WSS wrote the following about [netconnect] Re: Networking Amiga with Mac:
> >>
> >> Andrew Tait ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:44:28 +0100:
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> >> > Connecting modems would be tricky, and very slow to boot. You'd need to
> >> > have a PPP connection available on either the Amiga or the Mac.
> >>
> >> So it would be possible then? You see, this would be a 'once only'
> >> operation, so I'm reluctant to buy an ethernet solution if it isn't
> >> absolutely necessary.
> >
> > I really don't think it's going to be easy. The null modem route
> > might work, if you can get a cable to do the job. I've never hooked
> > an Amiga to a Mac by anything other than Ethernet, which is a doddle.
>
> It's a very simple operation on a Mac with an ordinary serial port,
> but iMac's don't have one do they? Is there any compatibility between
> serial as we know it and USB?
There are USB->serial convertors available, for around the same price
as an Ethernet card ;-) I would be inclined to go Ethernet. Getting
an iMac to use a USB/serial port for TCP/IP has to be harder than
hooking a standard Ethernet setup together (I think!)
Totty <8^)
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Totty has an Amiga A1200, with 68060/50 and 603e/200 PPC.
32Mb RAM. 8x ATAPI CD. 1.7Gb HD. ShapeShifter V3.10 + OS 7.5.5
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