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From: root@127.0.0.1 (Jonathan Delgado)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: CAP and hardware requirements....
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 09:36:00 -0400
Organization: MGH Cardiovascular Research Center
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In article <337FEB12.167EB0E7@silas.cc.monash.edu.au>, David Henshaw
<dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> wrote:
...
> I've got a PC running FreeBSD 2.1.5.
> I'm going to install an EtherNet card in it soon.
<snip>
> I also have a Mac 512. Old I know..
> I'd like to put the Mac to use as a terminal hooked up to the FBSD box.
> Can I hook the Mac up to the FreeBSD box using a RJ45 crossover cable to
> the AppleTalk port/connector on the Mac ?
...

It may not be 100% impossible, but it is quite unfeasible to get ethernet
going for your 512K from a hardware viewpoint. The AppleTalk port on your
Mac is for LocalTalk, not EtherTalk/EtherNet. And to go from LocalTalk <->
Ethernet you would need a seperate (hw) bridge/router ($$).

If it is a stock 512K then it is also quite unfeasible to get TCP/IP going
on the software side. I'm not saying it can't be done at all, but your
efforts will probably be misdirected. Your best bet is to do a direct link
from serial port to serial port and use your basic terminal program on the
512K to connect to your BSD box.

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Jonathan Delgado                             Massachusetts General Hospital
delgado@cvrc.mgh.harvard.edu                 Cardiovascular Research Center
Resident MacWiz                                         Network Coordinator