Accessing the internet from Fusion
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Accessing the internet from Fusion
Is there any way to get Fusion PC 3.0 to see my ethernet card/connect to the internet while running System 7.6.1? I thought installing Microsoft's TCP/IP components for DOS might do the trick but I really don't know.
Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm new to all of this.
Sorry if this is a stupid question, I'm new to all of this.
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I had a lot of fun putting it together. It runs both system 7.6.1 through Fusion and Windows 3.11. I can access the internet through 3.11 and it actually works impressively well, considering how much the internet has changed since Iexplorer 5.0.ClockWise wrote:That's kind of awesome that you are using FUSION on a 386, by the way. Nice to see old hardware being used in the modern world.
I thought I saw some mention of modems in the old documentation but it could have been referring to (null) serial modems.Ambassador wrote:Doesn't Fusion support dial-up? I could be mistaken.
Would some kind of serial to ethernet adaptor work, maybe? I've seen modules like this that allow serial connections to ethernet routers but I have no idea if the serial capabilities of Fusion are advanced enough to acquire an IP address through one of these.ClockWise wrote:Actually, I think it does have some networking support, but I don't know about getting online. Someone will have to fill in the details.
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I'll look into this. LAN Manager sounds promising.Ambassador wrote:It's worth a shot. You may just get lucky. I would recommend trying Lan Manger first though (or other DOS networking package).
In the TCP and AppleTalk settings of OS 7.6.1 there are references to connection via a printer port (parallel). Does this mean there's some way to access a LAN over a parallel connection or am I misinterpreting its meaning?
The old Macs had two serial ports: "Modem" and "Printer".Necronaut wrote:...In the TCP and AppleTalk settings of OS 7.6.1 there are references to connection via a printer port (parallel). Does this mean there's some way to access a LAN over a parallel connection or am I misinterpreting its meaning?
While I don't know what the emulator does with "Printer", my bet would be that it could be used via the PC's COM1 or COM2.
Fusion allows two ports to be configured, including LPT1 and LPT2 which probably coincide with 'Printer'. I tried plugging in an old 56k modem and setting the dip switches for COM2 but it just caused the mouse on COM1 to stop functioning.Mike_ wrote:The old Macs had two serial ports: "Modem" and "Printer".Necronaut wrote:...In the TCP and AppleTalk settings of OS 7.6.1 there are references to connection via a printer port (parallel). Does this mean there's some way to access a LAN over a parallel connection or am I misinterpreting its meaning?
While I don't know what the emulator does with "Printer", my bet would be that it could be used via the PC's COM1 or COM2.
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The unsuccessful "Macintosh Office" product was said to have used printer ports for networking.In the TCP and AppleTalk settings of OS 7.6.1 there are references to connection via a printer port (parallel).
After doing some research I've come across some references to SCSI-to-Ethernet adapters for old Macs. One can be seen here: http://www.jagshouse.com/PlusToiMac.html
Would something like this be able to take advantage of Fusion's SCSI support?
Would something like this be able to take advantage of Fusion's SCSI support?