Here's the best way I've found to network old
Macs.
1. You need an Asante SCSI to Ethernet adapter for the Mac Plus. They will work with 6.0.8.
2. Here's the catch: The Asante SCSI adapters ONLY work with a PURE 10MBS Ethernet hub. They DO NOT work with 10/100 hubs. It took me six months to figure this out with no help from Asante. 8-o Uplink a 10Mbs hub to your 10/100 hub/switch and all is well. Just make sure the Asante adapters are plugged into the pure 10mbs only hub. These hubs are getting harder to find and prices on ebay have been going up.
3. Set up an AppleShare 2.xx server. You will need a 6.0.8 machine to run AppleShare 2.x. I have used a Plus but upgraded to an SE/30 w 8mb RAM. I put a 2 GIG SCSI drive in my SE/30 just to have a stand alone AppleShare server with lots of room. Get a PDS Ethernet card for the SE/30.
4. The Plus should now be able to log onto the AppleShare Server. Do not go any further until you can mount the AppleShare volume on your Plus desktop.
5. If you uplink the 10 Mbs hub to a normal 10/100 hub, plug your G3 into the 10/100 hub. The G3 should be able to log onto the AppleShare 2.x server. I've done this with OS8 and OS9 but I don't remeber if I tested OS X with it.
5. I also run a Windows 2000 Server on my network. It's easy to set up a Mac volume and I enable Mac support (AppleTalk) and was able to move files between it and the AppleShare server usings an OS8 and OS9 machine.
Using IE on my OS9 machine I download Mac files from the internet and put them on the W2k server or the AppleShare server as needed. Whew! It's a lot more work than a simple cable but it is way more flexible to use. If a friend drops by all he needs is an Ethernet enabled Mac and he can log onto your private network.
Once set up it makes moving files around very easy. I use an external 800k floppy with my 6MB 128k machine so making 400K floppy copies is a breeze. I can make CD's, 400K, 800K, and 1.4MB floppies very quickly.
Macs.
1. You need an Asante SCSI to Ethernet adapter for the Mac Plus. They will work with 6.0.8.
2. Here's the catch: The Asante SCSI adapters ONLY work with a PURE 10MBS Ethernet hub. They DO NOT work with 10/100 hubs. It took me six months to figure this out with no help from Asante. 8-o Uplink a 10Mbs hub to your 10/100 hub/switch and all is well. Just make sure the Asante adapters are plugged into the pure 10mbs only hub. These hubs are getting harder to find and prices on ebay have been going up.
3. Set up an AppleShare 2.xx server. You will need a 6.0.8 machine to run AppleShare 2.x. I have used a Plus but upgraded to an SE/30 w 8mb RAM. I put a 2 GIG SCSI drive in my SE/30 just to have a stand alone AppleShare server with lots of room. Get a PDS Ethernet card for the SE/30.
4. The Plus should now be able to log onto the AppleShare Server. Do not go any further until you can mount the AppleShare volume on your Plus desktop.
5. If you uplink the 10 Mbs hub to a normal 10/100 hub, plug your G3 into the 10/100 hub. The G3 should be able to log onto the AppleShare 2.x server. I've done this with OS8 and OS9 but I don't remeber if I tested OS X with it.
5. I also run a Windows 2000 Server on my network. It's easy to set up a Mac volume and I enable Mac support (AppleTalk) and was able to move files between it and the AppleShare server usings an OS8 and OS9 machine.
Using IE on my OS9 machine I download Mac files from the internet and put them on the W2k server or the AppleShare server as needed. Whew! It's a lot more work than a simple cable but it is way more flexible to use. If a friend drops by all he needs is an Ethernet enabled Mac and he can log onto your private network.
Once set up it makes moving files around very easy. I use an external 800k floppy with my 6MB 128k machine so making 400K floppy copies is a breeze. I can make CD's, 400K, 800K, and 1.4MB floppies very quickly.