On 28/01/02 16:56, "Mike Hamende" <mhamende_at_tsl.state.tx.us> wrote:
>
> I am Linux and windows when I hafta kind a guy, so please excuse my MAC
> ignorance, but Newtons are very cool.
>
> In reading the FAQs and the list archives, as well as talking to some
> local MAC folk, I have some to believe you could connect x number of
> Newts together using those localtalk dongle things that have the Newt
> serial on one end and a box with phone jacks in the other.
>
> Is this true?
>
> Plug the localtalk thing into the serial port and a phone line into the
> other and chain some newts into a network?
>
> Pointers to specifics are most welcome.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike
Yes, you can chain Newton using LocalTalk connectors pretty easily. You
cannot mix LocalTalk, which is a cabling for a network, with a phone line,
which implies a modem and then a serial connection.
-Laurent.
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