Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!bionet!turbo.bio.net!lear From: lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot) Newsgroups: bionet.software Subject: Re: Mac <-> Ethernet Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 91 18:49:24 GMT References: <9102222124.AA04417@genbank.bio.net> Organization: GenBank Computing Resource for Mol. Biology Lines: 21 Basically, you want something to do Localtalk to Ethertalk translation. There are several boxes available, each with different benefits. Most of these gateways also support CAP (Columbia Appletalk Package), a public domain package that enables UNIX machines to speak Appletalk. Cayman Systems, located in Cambridge, MA makes something called a GatorBox. In addition to Localtalk to Ethertalk support, Cayman also has something called GatorShare built in, which enables Macs to access Sun disks. I have no experience with these boxes. Shiva Corporation, also located in Cambridge, MA, markets the FastPath-4. Its functionality is similar to the GatorBox, but it doesn't have GatorShare, and does have NVRAM to assist with power failure recovery. We have one of these, and it works just fine, with the exception that it loses its mind every few weeks, and needs to be rebooted. -- Eliot Lear [lear@turbo.bio.net] Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com