Re: NTLK LocalTalk using Basilisk?

From: Victor Rehorst (victor@gear.torque.net)
Date: Thu Mar 23 2000 - 07:52:26 EST


On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Bradley Smith wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In an effort to make my Newton more compatible with my PC I'm running the
> Mac emulator - Basilisk II.
> It's an excellent bit of software and I've got NCU running on it fine using
> serial connection but wondered about the possibility of using an appletalk
> connection? Anyone done this? Can it be done? At the moment my newt goes off
> looking for a computer to talk to but finds nothing (ahhh, bless).

You can't use LocalTalk with BasiliskII, because PC serial ports just
aren't fast enough. If you have an ethernet network, you can use
EtherTalk with the included BasiliskII ethernet driver.

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