--- Carlos Murillo <carlos_murillo_at_epm.net.co> wrote:
> I found a version of Net Manager for winblows and a version of LanConnect
> for Macintosh at the intel site; I think one of them might work.
Cool! I also have a Shiva FastPath/4 with no software. Could you
post the URLs?
> Now I have another question: How do you connect the Fastpath 4's
> DE-9 Localtalk connector to a phonenet network?
With a standard (ancient) DE-9<->PhoneNet adapter. Barring that, I
have made DIN-8 to DE-9 LocalTalk adapters (my mother had a bunch of
Mac 512Ks and switched from Apple's wiring scheme to Farallon PhoneNet
when she started adding stations at her business. I got the old
AppleTalk adapters). All of my LocalTalk adapters were DE-9-style,
but my HP LaserJet-4ML was DIN-8.
I took an Imagewriter cable, cut it in half and put DE-9s on the cut
ends. The DIN-8s went to "modern" hardware (LJ-4/ML and A-Max II+
board), the DE-9s went to the DE-9s on the old LocalTalk adapaters.
I do not have the pinout handy, but there was nothing tricky. I
located the signal names on a webpage somewhere (I'd start at
http://www.lowendmac.com/ and surf around), and wired them name-to-
name along the cable.
You would need a female DIN-8 connector to go the other way. I
have seen such, but they are not common. They are also a pain
to wire to - very close quarters. I rigged one up to make a DA15
to DIN-8 Sun-3 to Sun-4 adapter... Got the Sun 3/60. Got the Sun-3
optical mouse. Don't got a Sun-3 keyboard.
-ethan
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