Re: [NTLK] MacIP on OS9.1

From: John Skinner (ndutyme_at_home.com)
Date: Fri Sep 28 2001 - 03:15:46 EDT


Hey!

I just came across this software that I have used to successfully connect
and older Performa via serial to the internet.

I did it using VSR and Apple's "LocalTalk Bridge" software on a Mac OS 9.04.

So I am using TCP/IP over a serial connection to surf the web!

Alexandre Enkerli wrote:

> Brian,
>
> > Did you see the step by step I forwarded?
> Yup.
>
> > MacIP is not possible with OS9.x.
> And this is where it gets weird. How come the TCP/IP control panel still
> says "AppleTalk (MacIP)" as if TCP/IP over AppleTalk was equivalent to
> MacIP? So I tried what you forwarded but using MacOS9.1. Every step
> still had an OS9.1 equivalent. There's a few things I don't understand in
> this how-to and I'd like to know what I'm doing instead of following
> instructions.
>
> And I'd really prefer not downgrading, at this point. There's a limit to
> the number of OSes you can have on 2.5Gb.
> A Linux solution could be a neat alternative but I'd still prefer to do
> everything from MacOS 9.1.
>
> Alex
>
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