jsm@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (John Scott McCauley Jr.) (06/20/89)
Here is the question: I have a Mac II with a SCSI hard disk and a Kinetics Ethernet-SCSI box. Do I just need a cable? Any tcp-ip packages support this configuration? Here are more details: Hardware Question: Ethernet<->SCSI box has two SCSI ports, one hooked up to laser printer. Mac II has a 20 Mbyte external SCSI hard disk. Hard disk has a dasy chain SCSI connector. Can I hook the other SCSI port on the Ethernet box to the dasy chain connector on the Mac II's external hard disk? If it is just a cable, how long can it be (will 20' be too long?) Software Question: What TCP-IP package for the Mac would support the above hardware? Anything that also supports Appleshare? Thanks, Scott -- Scott McCauley, jsm@phoenix.princeton.edu (INTERNET) Home: (609) 683-9065 Office: (609) 243-3312 (FTS 340-3312) Fax: (609) 243-2160 (FTS 340-2160)
news@intercon.UUCP (News Administrator) (06/21/89)
In article <9060@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, jsm@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (John Scott McCauley Jr.) writes: > > Hardware Question: > > Ethernet<->SCSI box has two SCSI ports, one hooked up to laser printer. > Mac II has a 20 Mbyte external SCSI hard disk. Hard disk has a dasy chain SCSI > connector. Can I hook the other SCSI port on the Ethernet box to the > dasy chain connector on the Mac II's external hard disk? If it is just a cable, > how long can it be (will 20' be too long?) > Should be able to do this. I am not sure about the length question. I have a similar hook up with a 6' cable and I have had not problems with it. You should be just fine. > > Software Question: > > What TCP-IP package for the Mac would support the above hardware? > Anything that also supports Appleshare? > Ok, well there are a couple. PD NCSA-Telnet, U of ILL - NCSA, will work just fine with this setup. Get it from zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu I don't remember which directory off hand. SU-MacIP, Stanford, I don't see why this package would have any troubles but I have not used it in the above configuration myself. TOPS Terminal, (used to be a product from TOPS) I have no idea if this will run over a SCSI device, but if they followed Apple's specs it should work. Commercial TCP/Connect, InterCon Systems Corp., (derived from NCSA) has no problems with the above configuration, I use it everyday. HostAccess, Kinetics, (derived from MacIP) will work just fine. After all they make a SCSI ethernet device. (Any package that uses MacTCP should run over a SCSI ethernet device. The ones that I know of are NCSA-Telnet, TCP/Connect, and I believe SU-MacIP.) If I missed any please let me know. If there are any new packages out there I would be interested in hearing about them too. --