From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Fri Oct 03 2003 - 23:43:17 PDT
On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 08:45 PM, Alex wrote:
>
> A few things sound wrong here. First, are you running OSX and doing
> this in classic, or running 922? you need an ethernet connection to
> connect to your mac under OSX using Classic and NCU... so let's
> assume you know this and are working with OS922 (not classic!)
>
> You would need to connect from newton dock over "appletalk". Ask the
> newton to connect to "new computer"... that way it searches for any
> available connection. Make sure appletalk is enabled on your mac and
> set for serial (not ethernet) in the appletalk control panel, and
> that you have named your mac in the file sharing control panel (I
> think thats the CP, but it's been a while since I've used OS9)
The above is completely wrong. The keyspan adapter will NOT support an
appletalk connection it is serial only.
>
> You can use a regular mac serial cable with the emate... no need to
> use the dongle.
> I have connected sucessfully with a keyspan adapter, there will be no
> problems there. Although do make sure you install the keyspan drivers.
>
Yes, and make sure that you are connecting serially, not with appletalk.
Marty
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