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Post #16 by beachycove
Source ForumGetting files onto old compact Macs — #16
CategoryNetworking
Post DateSun, 13 May 2012 - 00:02
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/getting-files-onto-old-compact-macs.25365/
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The most robust way to bridge LocalTalk and EtherTalk networks is via the old software router from Apple: "Apple Internet Router."

To use it, you are best to run an early System 7 on a 68030 or 68040 Mac, and you need a machine with both LocalTalk and ethernet network connectors (like a 540c).

It is very stable, running for months without attention -- and though much the same thing can be achieved with hardware bridges, I have found two of the latter to be flaky by comparison, requiring restarts, etc.

The free LocalTalk Bridge, which has been mentioned, is essentially a cut-down version of Apple Internet Router, the latter being the high-end implementation of the routing software. It is one of the handful of products that can give you AppleTalk Zones, btw.

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