[comp.sys.mac.comm] EtherTalk <-> LocalTalk FAQ

mjs@behemoth.genetics.wisc.edu (Mike Schmelzer) (01/31/91)

We have:
3 Macintoshi & 1 Laserwriter on a LocalTalk.
1 PC/AT with an Appletalk Card and an EtherNet card.
1 Sparcstation 1+ which can generate lotsa PostScript files.

We need/want:
+ File sharing b/t the Sun & the Macs
  (We share b/t Sun & PC using PC-NFS, and PC & Macs using TOPS.
   No luck so far in getting TOPS to "publish" an NFS volume, oh well.)
+ Printing from the Sun.
+ "Net access" for the Macs. (e.g. FTP, Telnet, maybe even NFS)

Possible Approaches:
+ Gatorbox
+ Fastpath
+ CAP/KIP
+ EtherNet card in Mac
+ etc.

Suggestions? Who's done this? Who knows how to do this? Tradeoffs? etc...
Thanks!
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==== Mike Schmelzer, UW Genetix, mjs@genetics.wisc.edu, (608)263-7459. ====