paulrickardsWe're Zoning out! We've now got three different sites connected via Apple Internet Router!
#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk #LiveLaughLocalTalk
Itās like Kinkoās here, print jobs being sent from afar to my ImageWriter II via LocalTalk. This one from @vga256
#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk #LiveLaughLocalTalk
I wrote a quick blog post about how to spin up your own Apple Internet Server with WAN capability (tunnel AppleTalk over the Internet).
https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2767
#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #MARCHIntosh #GlobalTalk #LiveLaughLocalTalk
Messages from #GlobalTalk
My desktop is littered with printers!
#MARCHintosh #RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #GlobalTalk
I'm helping so many folks behind the scenes to get onto #GlobalTalk. We're up to 15 nodes and counting!
Hot off the #GlobalTalk ImageWriter II press, a print from @1Bit via Quebec!
The #AppleLisaClone gets in on the #GlobalTalk fun. Running MacWorks XL and System 6, it works quite nicely as a workstation.
#GlobalTalk problems. Unattended ImageWriter II output -> input and so forth. The issues of the 80s and 90s .. today! š
I just turned on my ImageWriter LQ (you know, the giant wide carriage model) with a LocalTalk option card. It's connected to #GlobalTalk right now!
It's loaded with 14 7/8" x 8.5" paper (I think is called "Computer Paper" in Page Setup sometimes).
Have fun!
After a rocky start (it helps to put a ribbon in it š), hereās the #GlobalTalk mail from the ImageWriter LQ wideboi. Thanks @likesoldmacs @polpo @halkyardo
I think Iāve responded to everyone who requested access via PM to #GlobalTalk. If not PM me again.
Just a reminder, your email you send to me must be associated with a Google Account, sorry, itās a Google Sheet.
#GlobalTalk update: Send a PM to @mac84tv with your Google Account-associated email to request access to the host tracking Google Sheet.
Warming up the #GlobalTalk infrastructure this morning here with four different printers online:
LaserWriter II
ImageWriter LQ
ImageWriter II
HP LaserJet 4000
Tried running Apple Internet Router on the #AppleLisaClone but with only 2MB of memory, itās too much to ask.
Itās a shame, I think it might actually work, bridging EtherTalk (via BlueSCSI V2 WiFi), IP tunneling, and LocalTalk. I couldnāt thin the system down any further (that I can see).
#MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk #RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac
I've been trying to get the TashTalk Hat running with the MacIPRpi distribution to have one machine that can bridge all of my LocalTalk, EtherTalk, and LToUDP AppleTalk traffic plus provide file and time services. So far, it's only partially working with "tashtalkd" and not at all with "tashrouter".
I'm following this post loosely. Has anyone else made progress with an all-in-one solution?
https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/tashrouter-an-appletalk-router.46047/post-518796
Looks like the version of netatalk used on the MacIPRpi image is a little outdated and has some issues that have since been corrected.
This forced me to start from scratch and dive head first into learning how to compile Netatalk. So far, not too bad. I followed this guide with Raspbian "Bullseye"
https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/wiki/Installing-Netatalk-2-on-Debian
I've gotten some great help on 68kmla forum.
Early progress shows that running all this on one Pi does seem possible!
andy diller@paulrickards The addition of the Apple IP Gateway can also be added to your process for setting up the AIR. Doing this on a Mac itself is part of the fun for me.
@dillera That's great! Does that give TCP/IP connectivity to other Macs over AppleTalk (i.e. AppleTalk IP)?
@dillera That's cool! The MaciPRPi for Raspberry Pi has that capability out of the box-- very slick!
@paulrickards The only thing I'm not sure of is how it works for Mac's using MacTCP- this PB was already using OT and it just worked. I need another Mac to test lol
RetroSwim@paulrickards Yea, building from source is the way to go.
It will build and run fine in the latest Raspbian / Raspberry Pi OS just fine too (at least on the 32bit version, which I chose out of an abundance of caution lol), as their kernel seems to have AppleTalk enabled.
Vlado Vince@paulrickards I did! I followed that exact post. The only possible difference is that I'm running TashTalk and TashRouter on separate machines (Rpis).
@paulrickards I'll document the setup tomorrow and share
@mejs Iāve gotten TashTalk to work on the same and different Pi. TashRouter doesnāt work on the same one. I think itās because of the tun/tap settings which I donāt fully understand. The data is there in the debug, but it doesnāt actually route it anywhere. Looking forward to your results.
@paulrickards yeah that sounds like what I saw too. I'll share the exact setup after work today, but one thing to look at is LocalTalk routing in your AIR.
I believe the combo that worked for me is defining the EtherTalk zone in both AIR and TashRouter, but having a LT zone ONLY in TashRouter, none in AIR
@mejs Iāve not even tried to get AIR working with this setup yet. Just local stuff first.
@mejs Ideally, tashrouter could be extended to add the functions of AIR, adding a route between other hosts. Then it would be an all in one solution.
@paulrickards so here's my tashrouter, netatalk and AIR config. Tashtalk I'm running with ./tashtalkd --device /dev/ttyAMA0 -vv &
I still think that tashrouter should have additional settings to make it a soft seed router, but for whatever reason this is now working really well and I've got all my EtherTalk and LocalTalk (+ Mini vMac over LToUDP) speaking to each other, to my Netatalk server and everyone else on #GlobalTalk
I didn't get to do a proper writeup yet but I hope this helps!
John Faulkenbury@paulrickards is that case... cardboard?? Genius.
@jfaulken Indeed: See this post/thread š
@paulrickards I printed an image to the LaserJet, it said "4/4 pages".... I apologise, it's just one image, but there was no print-preview and only basic page setup stuff, so I winged it D:
@paulrickards I really need to get that mobile #GlobalTalk solution working so I can send you prints when out of the house š
@mejs Yeah! Wish I had a Newton or eMate to try this stuff on!
@paulrickards having serious Newton fomo this morning seeing everyone's handwritten notes printing!
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dan š¾@paulrickards Oh wow! I've only ever seen one LQ before, and it was a m o n s t e r !
ThatKomputerKat 
@paulrickards forever kicking myself for not buying an LQ when there were numerous in the As Is department at RePC. 
Peter Fletcher@paulrickards I hope to find some time this weekend to join in the GlobalTalk fun. Life is too hectic sometimes.
@Recta_Pete Yeah I can understand that. Take care! It'll be here when you're ready.
@paulrickards just printed something that should be wide on it š¤
Qu!xylvre@paulrickards Have you got any of the documentation (owner's manual and/or service manual) for the ImageWriter LQ? I haven't been able to find either of those manuals, for the LIFE of me, online.
vga256@paulrickards š¤£ guffawed at that one
how many times did i come upstairs, as a kid, to hear my mom swearing at our Star NX-1000 which did exactly this 20% of the time
how many times did i come upstairs, as a kid, to hear my mom swearing at our Star NX-1000 which did exactly this 20% of the time
@paulrickards It's performance art š
sleepy@paulrickards @a2_4am Oh man, it makes me want to pull mine out of storage, is there still a source for ribbons or a web page that will tell me how to hack some oldass dried out ones.
@a2_4am @paulrickards amazing, amazed you can still buy perfed fanfold paper on amazonā¦
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