Realitystorm
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So, I've been playing with my null modem cable a bit and got X/Y/Z modem type transfers working last month between my Macintosh and Windows 10 PC using Basilisk II, https://www.savagetaylor.com/2020/11/24/usb-serial-file-transfer-from-basilisk-ii-to-a-68k-macintosh/
So I decided to see if I could also get AppleTalk working with Basilisk II. I'd read a few places that you could not directly use the null modem cable, so I decided to try indirectly.
Turns out Apple Remote Access Personal server runs quite happily in Basilisk II, I just needed the CLL files for a null modem connection, and it turns out Open Transport PPP has those and they work with ARA
As I type this my Macintosh SE (running 7.1) is copying a file to shared folder sitting in Basilisk II (running 7.5.5) on Windows 10 system.
At the moment I have Basilisk II as the host, but I don't see any reason why I can't do this in reverse and use this to grant Basilisk to my entire Apple Talk network.
Next, can I'm going to try TCP/IP over Apple Talk and see if I can use Basilisk II as a bridge to the internet vs. the Linux options I've seen.
So I decided to see if I could also get AppleTalk working with Basilisk II. I'd read a few places that you could not directly use the null modem cable, so I decided to try indirectly.
Turns out Apple Remote Access Personal server runs quite happily in Basilisk II, I just needed the CLL files for a null modem connection, and it turns out Open Transport PPP has those and they work with ARA
As I type this my Macintosh SE (running 7.1) is copying a file to shared folder sitting in Basilisk II (running 7.5.5) on Windows 10 system.
At the moment I have Basilisk II as the host, but I don't see any reason why I can't do this in reverse and use this to grant Basilisk to my entire Apple Talk network.
Next, can I'm going to try TCP/IP over Apple Talk and see if I can use Basilisk II as a bridge to the internet vs. the Linux options I've seen.
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