Mac LCII

[jabr at blu.org (John Abreau)]

Massimo G Morin <mmorin at MIT.EDU> writes:

> Hi,
> I just got an LCII. I need it for piloting a LaserWrite but the small
> mac has only an AppleTalk port.
> Is there any way to connect it to an Ethernet plug? How?

I don't recall the details of that model offhand, specifically whether
it has NuBus slots for adding expansion cards. If it does, your best
bet is to get an old NuBus Ethernet card. I have no idea if anyone still
makes these, so you may want to look for one at the MIT Flea Market
or some place similar.

Another option is an AppleTalk-to-Ethernet gateway. We had one of these
at the BCS many years ago; it essentially sat between the LocalTalk
network and the Ethernet network, and translated packets from AppleTalk
to TCP/IP and back. It also translated between Unix lpr  and AppleTalk 
printing protocols, and may have also translated NFS to AppleShare.
Again, I have no idea if anyone still makes these.


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