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The full schematics are available here if you were curious: https://github.com/FeralFirmware/TailTalk/tree/main/TashTalkUSB But it uses a CP2102N so should appear like a regular serial port on every OS (I think all the major ones have support for it OOTB). Only note is it needs CTS enabled just...

Whoa, glad to see the interest! The first run was ~$36 per board at cost, so I’m hoping with a bigger run of 20-30 and some better component choices I can get it closer to $25. Probably 2-ish weeks for them to come in.

First 3 modded ones are tested and ready to go in the post. Shoot me a DM if you’re up for the prototype ones! Will be ordering the next (bodge free) round this week as well.

Perfect then! I should have most of the boards modded this weekend and ready for the post next week, for those who dont mind a bit of bodge wire and hot glue on their Rev 0 boards :) And will be doing another run here after these ones run out.

Hah I just saw yours today too! Kinda funny how we both ended up doing almost the same thing. It's actually a really helpful comparison as well

Based on Tashtari's Pi Hat I've put together a USB-to-TashTalk board based on a CP2102N and a full-duplex transceiver so it works with or without a LocalTalk dongle. The goal of this is to make it trivial to plug in and transfer files between any classic Mac with a LocalTalk port and a modern...

I think I've finally fixed large file transfers - Managed to transfer twice a 515MiB toast image of Unreal Tournament without any issues. I've designed a USB to TashTalk board as well that _hopefully_ should allow a direct PC to LocalTalk connection for file sharing / printing / other...

Published TashTalk support as an independent crate so it can be used in other Rust projects too with an async API. Docs available here: https://docs.rs/tashtalk/0.1.0/tashtalk/struct.TashTalk.html. Still need to add some more docs / readme for it, but it is very simple so I dont think it will...

TashTalk is now supported, just got it working tonight and have AFP transfers going from both EtherTalk and LocalTalk. Will have the next code push up in a couple days when it looks a little less scary hah.

Yes printer itself works OK, spits out a valid test page and I can print from my PowerBook G3 (OS 9.2) just fine on it with the same printer cable. Not using any special software, just what came on the 9.2 install disk. If I select networked StyleWriter on Chooser I can see NBPs going out for it...

Sorry for the delay, was away for a bit - Yes it's just like that and the manual that it came with says: Printer cable that was included with the StyleWriter (so no PhoneNet adapters or anything) going directly to the Stylewriter, power, and then RJ45 to a switch. Yup yup, has a sticker on the...

What OS are you on? It’s still Linux only at the moment but will support the others soon. If you’re not using Linux I could always do with testers once I add support for them too! To build its really easy! Install Rust from here https://rustup.rs/ Then clone the repo, run “cargo build” in the...

It’s a Colour StyleWriter 2200 and the adapter is the Apple version of Farallon’s iPrint.

Picked up a StyleWriter EtherTalk adapter and am trying to get it to work on my network, but cannot seem to get it to bring up its interface on the 10BaseT side. Test/Power light is green, printer activity light is solid yellow and none of the others are on. It seems to be somewhat working as it...

Published a rough first version to GitHub if anyone wants to check it out: https://github.com/FeralFirmware/TailTalk. Maybe this should be moved to "Hacks and Development"? Or not sure where it belongs honestly hah. Next bit I want to track down is why my Mac clients seem to freeze if they...