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Post #11 by porter
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryNetworking
Post DateFri, 8 Aug 2008 - 01:23
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/an-idea-tcp-ip-to-serial-bridge-modem-emulator.14384/
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but I thought it would be nice to see a 68K Mac solution...
Okay, if I had to do this without AsantePrint and only with 68k Macs I would

(a) use an Mac with localtalk and ethernet to run the LocalTalk bridge (68020 upwards).

( B) use 68030 class machine (eg IIx) running NetBSD m68k to run my macipd/slippery/pppd.

Now you could make the "Mac with localtalk ethernet" run a gateway which does it all, but somebody would have to write it.

Unfortunately NetBSD macs can't use LocalTalk as the drivers don't exist (too software intensive), and A/UX can't have a user level application inject IP packets directly onto the network (slattach does not work with pseudo-terminals), but you *could* hang a serial cable to loopback the modem port onto the printer port to handle SLIP to solve that, but then lose the printer port to do localtalk.

mp.ls