[Coco] Off-topic post -- but it has nothing to do with copyright infringement

Manny cocolist at invigorated.org
Sat Jul 21 13:51:48 EDT 2007


Aaron Banerjee wrote:
> All,
>    Sorry for being a little off-topic, but I know that I'm not the only
> one here who does other old computers besides the coco.  I just inhereted
> a Macintosh LC II.  In order to connect it to my network, I need some sort
> of strange network card that probably doesn't exist any more but I'll
> look.
>    In the mean time, in order to transfer files to/from this computer, I
> need to find a way for any other computer (Linux/DOS/Windoze) to read a
> Mac LC II disk.  We've got Cocoutil for reading coco floppies on a PC,
> surely there must be some sort of equivalent.  Any help would be
> appreciated, with either figuring out how to read a Mac LC II disk, or
> obtaining the compatible network card (PDS I think).  Thanks.
>                         - Aaron

It's been ~10 years since I used to work in a Mac shop. I vaguely 
remember something about being able to connect a Mac of that era to a 
Linux machine via Appletalk. I know that Linux had (probably still has) 
support for Appletalk, so the only hold up would be the cable...

-M.



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