Mac SE and Dynaport SCSI/Link-T

#1 Tue, 25 May 2010 - 23:14 68kMLA

I found a Dynaport SCSI/Link-T SCSI-to-ethernet adapter today. Googling makes it look like this will be a decent option for getting my Mac SE Superdrive on-line. Has anyone had any experience with this, or any wisdom they might impart? I found some 'All Dynaport Drivers' downloads on MacMuseum which I'm hoping will include the driver for this SCSI adapter. Do I need to run System 7 with this, or can I get away with keeping my System 6 install?

Thanks!

#2 Thu, 27 May 2010 - 07:11 68kMLA

I haven't used that particular adapter, but with proper drivers, SCSI ethernet adapters will work with System 6. You need to install a compatible version of AppleTalk, and probably Public Folder or equivalent to do file sharing. The other popular file sharing method in System 6 days was TOPS, but there's no modern version of that to run on a newer system.

#3 Fri, 28 May 2010 - 15:47 68kMLA

Really I'm mostly just interested in getting a telnet client to work on it so I can telnet into bbses. I did get a superdrive working on it last night, which led to getting the SCSI zip drive working. Hopefully I'll get to tackle the Dynaport this weekend.

#4 Tue, 1 Jun 2010 - 16:29 68kMLA

Looks like the hardware is good! I'm able to hit internal IPs (on the local 192.168.* network) with ping, browser, and telnet. I'm not able to get out to the internet yet, but I think that's a MacTCP issue. I'm not really sure how to set it up. I have the proper gateway and router settings, but it's not happy about something. This is on the SE/30 that I bought on Saturday.