There are several third party apps that will add an
appletalk support to the Windows machine. I have
played with some (Dave comes to mind) and they all
seem to work in connecting a Windows machine to a Mac
network. I don't think that there would be a problem
in running this on a windows machine and hooking up a
Newt...I believe the software runs about $70...which
is cheaper than running a used Mac.
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- gopi@sloth.org wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Gert Menke wrote:
> > > might consider getting a cheap Mac with ethernet
> that you incorporate in
> > > your network.
> > Well, Linux has AppleTalk support, right?
> > Isn't that all you need?
> > Maybe you should consider using a real operating
> system on
> > at least one of your computers... ;-)
>
> The Newton supports IP as well, so the actual
> protocol isn't the issue.
> What AppleTalk software would you run under UN*X?
> AFAIK, a print server
> is the only possibly useful thing.
>
> THe core problem is that Newton Connection Utilities
> on the Mac side
> supports AppleTalk, which you can run over Ethernet
> or LocalTalk. NCU for
> Windows doesn't support AppleTalk because there is
> no real, standard
> AppleTalk stack for windows. Hence no network
> connectivity for it. Serial
> only to a Windows box, serial or network to a Mac.
>
> Linux doesn't solve this, sadly. Though it would be
> a better choice than
> windows just generally. Actually FreeBSD would be
> even better, since it
> tends to be more stable and so on, but either will
> work.
>
> gopi.
>
>
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