• One (1) DIN-8 Printer Cable

Or if you are connecting a Mac 512k or a Mac 512ke, which have DB-9 serial ports, to a newer Mac with DIN-8 serial ports, you will need:

• One (1) DIN-8 to DB-9 Printer Cable (a.k.a. a Mac 512k to ImageWriter II printer cable)

If you are connecting more than one Mac, which all have DIN-8 serial ports, then you will need the following:

1. One (1) DIN-8 PhoneNET (made by Farallon) connector for each Mac on the network
2. Two PhoneNET Terminators (Unless you get some with built in termination), one for each end of the chain of networked Macs
3. Some standard U.S. RJ-11 telephone cord

If you would like to add a Mac 512k or a Mac 512ke, which has DB-9 serial ports, to the LocalTalk network, then, in addition to the previously mentioned, you will need the following for each Mac 512k or Mac 512ke:

• One (1) DB-9 PhoneNET (made by Farallon) connector

Once I get the right hardware for a LocalTalk network, how do I connect it all together? - You need to do the following (diagams comming soon, hopefully):

1. Turn off the computers you are connecting
2. Connect one (1) PhoneNET connector to the Printer Port on each Mac
3. Put a PhoneNET terminator in one of the RJ-11 jacks on the first and last Macs' PhoneNET connectors (If your PhoneNET connectors have built in termination you can skip this step)
4. Daisy-chain the rest of the PhoneNET connectors together using standard U.S. RJ-11 telephone cords

Once I have the hardware connected together correctly, what do I do with the software? - The software, which I listed on the main networking page, needs to be installed. If you are using AppleTalk Workstation Installer (which can be downloaded as either a 400K or an 800K disk image), do the following:

1. Restart your Classic Mac with the AppleTalk Workstation Installer disk in the floppy drive
2. When your Mac has booted successfully, open the disk's icon and run the installer program
3. Select "AppleShare" from the list
4. Click the "Drive" button until the name of the boot disk, or hard disk, is displayed (if you only have one floppy drive, and are planning to install AppleShare on a boot disk, press the "Eject" button and be prepared to do a lot of disk swapping)
5. Click "Install"

If you plan on using the extensions, which are listed on the main networking page, either obtain copies of these extensions from somebody who already has them and place them in their appropriate places, or use the installer disks (or CD) for a System Software version and run the installer application. If you chose to use the installer disks (or CD), do the following:

1. Open the Installer application
2. Choose "Custom Install" from the drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of the Installer's window
3. Scroll down until you see an item named "Networking & Connectivity"
4. Click on the arrow to the left of the "Networking & Connectivity" item
5. Click on the check box next to the "Classic AppleTalk" item
6. Click on the check box next to the "File Sharing" item
7. Click the "Switch Disk" button until the name of your hard disk is displayed
8. Click "Install"

Note: The previous explanation is for the Installer for System Software version 7.5.3, which can be downloaded for free from Apple Computer's web site (go to the System Software section of this site to find a link to where to download it), and can be installed on any Classic Mac from the a Mac Plus, w/4MB of RAM, and newer. If you use installers for other versions of System 7, the procedure may not necessarily be the same, but will probably be very similar.

After you completed installing the AppleShare System Software, you will need to restart your Classic Mac (if you installed AppleShare on a boot disk, you will need to restart from the boot disk) to access your network.

I still can't do it, can you help? - Sure! If you still can't figure it out how to do it, or maybe you noticed something that I left out, contact me.