sgate@stsci.EDU (Steve Southgate) (02/08/91)
I'm getting an Amiga 3000 and I need to tie in to our Appletalk network of macs and printers. I mainly want to be able to use the printers, but Mac emulation would be good too. Which product would be best to use. AMAX-II+ or an appletalk board? If the AMAX-II+ works and will let me access the network, then that's fine. If the network access is not good, then I'd go with an appletalk board. So, question: How's AMAX-II+? What are the names, manufacturers of Appletalk boards? Thanks much Steve -- Steve Southgate (301) 338-4772 Space Telescope Science Institute sgate@stsci.edu 3700 San Martin Drive Baltimore, MD 21218
stevef@bug.UUCP (Steven R Fordyce) (02/11/91)
Steve Southgate writes: >I'm getting an Amiga 3000 and I need to tie in to our Appletalk network of >macs and printers. I mainly want to be able to use the printers, but >Mac emulation would be good too. ... > What are the names, manufacturers of Appletalk boards? DigiFeX Corporation makes Appletalk compatible hardware and software. For the 2000/3000, DigiFeX sells its MultiPort board and Interact software for $330. For the 500 (it also works with the 1000, but it isn't designed for it) Interact hardware and software is $300. The MultiPort board has one printer port, one RS232 port on a 9 pin D-sub, and one RS422 port. The MultiPort board can be bought separately for $250 with all of the drivers needed to use the extra ports. For $50 more, there is a SCSI option, which makes the MultiPort board one of the faster hard disk controllers. Interact software makes the RS422 port AppleTalk compatible, and allows Amiga's to pass messages, files, share hard disks, and use Postscript laserprinters. At this time Interact doesn't allow communication between Amiga's and Mac's, but they can be on the same network. If you couldn't tell, I am associated with DigiFeX. Steven R Fordyce uunet!sequent!ether!stevef DigiFeX, 610 Main Street, Oregon City, Oregon 97062, USA For customer service, call (503)656-8818, FAX (503)656-8903