OK... lots to respond to. First of all, the Duo Dock I have is, I believe, the "first generation" Duo Dock. It has 2 NuBus slots (both currently empty). It has a SCSI port with an "HDI-30" connector... nothing is connected to this. It has an Apple Desktop Bus port, to which a keyboard/mouse is attached. It has a "Printer" port (mini-DIN8), which I assume to be an AppleTalk/LocalTalk port. It does not have any kind of ethernet port... neither an RJ-45 jack nor an AAUI socket.
If the mini-DIN8 cable I have is not actually a "LocalTalk" cable, then I do not understand the difference between that and a "serial" cable. The cable is about 2 meters long, and does not appear to have any termination built into it... it is simply a "straight-through" cable connecting the "printer" port of the Duo Dock to the AsanteTalk device I have. As I have indicated in earlier posts, the LEDs on the AsanteTalk device seem to indicate that there is both transmission and reception happening on the line.
I do not know how to determine what version of AppleTalk is running on the PowerBook. "About This Macintosh" indicates:
PowerBook Duo 230
Total memory 4,096K
System Software 7.1
I do not know what Open Transport is.
I see lots of files on this website:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/
but I'm not sure which I might need. My guess is that I can download a file, put it onto a 1.44M FAT-formatted floppy disk, and then somehow install it onto the PowerBook, perhaps with help from experts here.
Where should I start?
If the mini-DIN8 cable I have is not actually a "LocalTalk" cable, then I do not understand the difference between that and a "serial" cable. The cable is about 2 meters long, and does not appear to have any termination built into it... it is simply a "straight-through" cable connecting the "printer" port of the Duo Dock to the AsanteTalk device I have. As I have indicated in earlier posts, the LEDs on the AsanteTalk device seem to indicate that there is both transmission and reception happening on the line.
I do not know how to determine what version of AppleTalk is running on the PowerBook. "About This Macintosh" indicates:
PowerBook Duo 230
Total memory 4,096K
System Software 7.1
I do not know what Open Transport is.
I see lots of files on this website:
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/
but I'm not sure which I might need. My guess is that I can download a file, put it onto a 1.44M FAT-formatted floppy disk, and then somehow install it onto the PowerBook, perhaps with help from experts here.
Where should I start?