But old Macs in a LAN? No doubt. But for poking in a DB-9/MiniDIN-8 cable and switching on, I am at the point of dragging even my 512Ke/System 6.0.8 into my LAN.
Does this special cable go from the Localtalk port to standard ethernet then?
True, it needs LocalTalk/Ethernet (LT/EN) and SCSI/Ethernet (EN/SC) adapters and 10Base-T hubs to drag some of them in, but it's happening, from iMac CRT/OS 10.4 down to Classic II/System 7.5, even as we speak...
Yes, I can see that with plenty of expensive equipment it could be possible - with just standard ethernet cables, home router and AAUI transceivers it seems harder though. Having also read the other topic where this is being discusses, is it never possible to connect an old Mac to any 100baseT router/switch etc without a 10baseT switch inbetween, or does it depend on your router? I did successfully connect my PB520 to the 100baseT network here at uni once - why would that have worked when it didn't work on the 100baseT router at home? If none of my older Macs will connect to my wireless bridge, that's
really annoying - is even the 6100 too old to connect directly to 100baseT?
Tiger needs that older Macs call it over TCP/IP, and it won't call them back, but a one-way connection is all that is needed.
So does that mean that ethernet file sharing from Tiger to Classic Macs is possible? How would you go about setting it up?
