Networking Macintosh and Basilisk II

superpete · Post by **superpete** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 10:18 am

Hey

I've made my self a Mac-to-PC Null cable and wanna know if its possible to connect Basilisk II to the real mac via apple talk? I've been trying to do it but it ain't working!

Any Ideas?

superpete · Post by **superpete** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 12:43 pm

Just so people know-
i'm trying to connect a Apple Colour Classic to basilisk II through the serial port via appletalk.

The cable I'm using does work as i have been able to use hyper-terminal to talk and transfer files between the mac and pc. I just cant get MacOS 8.1 to see the Real Mac in Basilisk (or the other way around). I've enabled sharing on both machines, and have shares open.

Also when i try and select in the Apple Talk control panel in OS8 (basilisk) and then select Apple Talk - Modem Port (which is com1) it says something like "finding port information" and just freezes there.

Does Basilisk II not support Apple Talk over serial? And if not - will it ever?

Thanks!

Pete

Mac Emu · Post by **Mac Emu** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 1:26 pm

I get glazed eyes when it comes to Mac networking, as I don't have much experience beyond using Ethernet and a hub, but have you tried setting everything up as LocalTalk?

http://www.users.voicenet.com/~corr/mac ... etwork/lt/
http://www.maccentric.com/localtalk.shtml
http://all-star-computers.net/nopeer.htm

superpete · Post by **superpete** » Fri Jan 17, 2003 2:25 pm

yes i had checked everything!

actually - i found out that Basilisk II does not support Local/Apple talk through the serial ports (although it does over ethernet).

If someone wants to write the code for this.......

Thanks anyways!

Pete

ondesx · Post by **ondesx** » Mon Jan 20, 2003 3:08 pm

Hi,

Since BII allows web surfing through an ethernet link and TCP/IP protocole, I'm quite sure that you can network BII and a real Mac...
But is it your actual question ?

Best regards

rw

The Balance Of Judgement · Mon Jan 20, 2003 7:14 pm

You might have a better chance using Fusion or SoftMac, I can't recall about thier networking abilities.

If you can get a ethernet between both macs then it's much easier.

The only other way you can transfer files is using the null modem in Basilisk and using a terminal emulation program to use the cable with the other mac and sending files. There was an article how to do that with the iMac modem. I don't know if that can be done with a normal cable or whether you need a modem. (you can always use a real one, just be careful i don't know how it works.)

superpete · Post by **superpete** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 12:59 pm

Yeah!
I was trying to network my Colour Classic (non-ethernet) to my PC using a serial cable that i made up. I was transfering files through a terminal app on the pc and mac - and thought that i would be cool to try an appletalk network between the two. But Basilisk II does not support AppleTalk over SERIAL.

24bit · Post by **24bit** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:50 pm

Did anybody proceed in this issue over the last ten years?

Two Macs could be networked together with a printer cable over LocalTalk obviously.
Such serial cable would of course not have been a cross-over cable.

Maybe LocalTalk was off limits for BII though, just as MIDI was.

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