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From: Glenn Gray
To: Wintermute
Subject: Re: Help
Date:Tue, December 29, 1998 12:25 AM


On 12/27/1998 18:08, Wintermute wrote:

>On 12/26/98 5:18 PM, Glenn Gray wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>The 3.5" drive on one of my computers went south for the year, "it
>don't
>>work no more" and I was wondering how I could hook up the IIci to The
>>SE30 to the PB145B.
>>I know you use AppleTalk, up I have never tried it and as dumb as I am,
>
>>I'll screw it up. Any detailed help would be welcomed.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>Glenn (cedar)
>
>Glenn,
> One thing people don't think about much is a null modem. They're
>about the same speed as appletalk, and you have to use terminal software
>like Zterm, but it's usually pretty effective, even across platforms.
>The hard part is finding the right cable. What you're looking for is a
>serial-to-serial "null modem" cable. I haven't looked, but I'd imagine
>you could buy one at MacWarehouse, etc.
>
> Incidentally, I wasn't aware that Apple II's could use Appletalk with
>Macs. I would think this would be the best way, depending on how hard
>it is to setup.
>
>Good luck,
>Wintermute (Jason Cox)



The IIci is a 68030 Mac.


Glenn


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