Don't forget the Asante EN/SC series of enet adapters, probably the fastest ethernet connection possible on a 1xx series PB. Works fine with both AT and TCP/IP, up to MacOS 9.1 at least (with a Micro EN/SC and a SCSI dock on my Duo 2300C.)
I figure I get data throughput on a PB1xx from my LAN server (PM9500) of somewhere around 100KB/s, a serial solution would max out at what, 8KB/s? Math ain't my strong suit however, but it would be something like that. If serial-port-speed is acceptable, I've had good experiences with Farallon's Etherwave products, their older PB or Printer adapters will do AT and TCP/IP (as MacIP). Slowly, but surely. Difference between the two products is simply the power source, the printer adapter included a wallwart, and the PB adapter included an ADB pass-through power adapter. I've also got a couple of other stand-alone AT to enet bridges, from Asante (Micro Asante-print), and from Dayna (Mini-Etherprint-T.) I'm pretty sure Farallon made one too, haven't got one of those though. I know I've used either the Dayna or the Asante to pass TCP/IP, but darn if I can remember with which one (or both??) that worked. You'd be surprised how well net surfing works with a modern text only browser through a Asante EN/SC on a 1xx PB, I've got several (from 170 through 180c) and with MacOS 7.0.1 or 7.1 and 6MBs of ram or more they are very usable. Best full browser for a PB or any Mac of this era is probably iCab. Even Netscape Nav. 4.08 is quite usable however, though drawing a page can be painfully slow if the HTML is overly complicated. hth, Dan K On 10/22/02 Butch Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >my apologies if this has been covered on this list before. I have a >powerbook 160 that I was hoping to be able to tie into my LAN, it's more for >file sharing than trying to surf the net on it's Netscape .000001 browser. > >Thank you. > >-Br >Butch Ross >American Music >http://butchross.com Then on 10/23/02 Van Damme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You need to convert from Localtalk (on the PB160) to ethernet (on the >newest Macs). > >Some solutions: >Sofware: Localtalk-bridge software, free downloadable from Apple, >needs to run on a Mac that has ethernet and localtalk > >Hardware: Gatorbox, Webster Multigate, ... Try to find one at ebay >for 20 dollar. I can help you to install it (got 4 myself) > >Noel. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
