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Yea security concerns for sure. I’m sure a VPN would be more secure I didn’t have the capability to do a VPN on both sides. If I’m not mistaken this is how GlobalTalk works?

I had success with this. I installed the Apple Internet Router Wide Area Extension on both networks. Setup was really easy. I did need to forward port TCP port 548 and TCP/UDP port 427 to allow afp through. Once connected, both sides can access file shares from either network and i had success...

I’m about to give this a try. I really think you’re on to something here. I have two internet connections here so I’ll setup two ends with your scenario using the wide are extension.

Nice! I thought you were talking about a VPN. I’d like to see that in action. That would be fantastic. Would both sides of the connection need to have the same setup? Would any ports need to be forwarded on the main router?

Well the problem is that many vintage Macintosh, multiplayer games are over Localtalk. To create/join a game a chooser-like browser comes up to choose which Mac to make the connection with. Most of those games do not have a place to enter an IP address for Appletalk over IP. If these games did...

I like wires. The more wires the better I feel.

To complicate matters even more, there's Classic Networking and OpenTransport.

I still have Kodak film for my camera.

Agreed. It took me years to grasp the naming conventions and still I sometimes get them confused. LocalTalk, EtherTalk, AppleTalk over PPP, TokenTalk, IrTalk are AppleTalk over the respective network topologies. AppleTalk over IP is not necessarily EtherTalk. The original point is I don’t...

I knew someone knowledgeable would be able to explain why AppleTalk games probably wouldn’t connect correctly using theoldnet Wi-Fi adapter. To be clear only AppleTalk enabled games are not going to connect but there are games that connect peer to peer via a modem link without AppleTalk being...

I'm skeptical of this being able to do AppleTalk over WiFi.

Perhaps you could scan the Trade forum or eBay for one of those.

With AOL calling it quits, Net Zero will probably gain more customers and they may need to add more phone numbers so users don’t get a busy signal. 😁 I haven’t used dialup in years but I’m sure plenty still do. I don’t even have a telephone 📞 line. Someone hell bent on getting online thru...

I am. Me too, not decades but I would have thought they stopped dialup when modems were discontinued in computers. I had a bunch of AOL CDs too, used them as coasters.

AOL discontinued its dialup service. Now I can’t connect whenever I want to. Also, there’s nobody to tell me when I’ve got mail. I’ll try Net Zero but I don’t want to call long distance to get online. Does Net Zero let you know when there’s mail? I may need a new browser too.

You are not in any of the pictures. Are you sitting in the checked baggage compartment?

Yes, it turns out the internet on a vintage Mac isn’t much fun.

The "Powerbook" Control Panel can set the SCSI ID on the HDD.

You mean these?

So, it’s a ROM slot.