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Summary: How do I configure AppleTalk over a serial port on a G3/MacOS8.6?
Disclaimer: This may be incorrect, or may make no sense, because I don't know anything much about these systems!
We have an older PowerPC Mac system that controls a piece of scientific equipment (which I'll call 'the machine'). Apparently it uses appletalk via an inbuilt round 'modem' port on the mac (which I assume is a serial port).
We're trying to encourage a second system to be our 'backup' in case of problems with the original system. It's a slightly less old G3 running MacOS 8.6. It has a Keyspan SXPro serial card with four serial ports, identical to the 'modem' port on the PowerPC Mac.
The problem is that we can't get the G3 to talk to the machine through these ports. I think what we need is an Appletalk connection via the serial port.
On the (non-communicating) G3, the Appletalk setting called "connect via" only allow us to choose "remote only" or "ethernet", whereas the (communicating) PowerPC system allows us to choose both of those, as well as "modem port", which is currently selected and working.
... any ideas?
Disclaimer: This may be incorrect, or may make no sense, because I don't know anything much about these systems!
We have an older PowerPC Mac system that controls a piece of scientific equipment (which I'll call 'the machine'). Apparently it uses appletalk via an inbuilt round 'modem' port on the mac (which I assume is a serial port).
We're trying to encourage a second system to be our 'backup' in case of problems with the original system. It's a slightly less old G3 running MacOS 8.6. It has a Keyspan SXPro serial card with four serial ports, identical to the 'modem' port on the PowerPC Mac.
The problem is that we can't get the G3 to talk to the machine through these ports. I think what we need is an Appletalk connection via the serial port.
On the (non-communicating) G3, the Appletalk setting called "connect via" only allow us to choose "remote only" or "ethernet", whereas the (communicating) PowerPC system allows us to choose both of those, as well as "modem port", which is currently selected and working.
... any ideas?