I've been thinking about getting a Mac that would be able to bridge an Ethernet port to a LocalTalk port via Vicomsoft SoftRouter, and then I got to thinking it would be nice to have that same Mac be able to bridge SCSI to USB and maybe even IDE/ATA. So I could use this one Mac as a hub for all my transferring all the way from the internet down to my OS 9 through System 1 Macs and even my Lisa 2/10. It should even have a floppy port to load up my FloppyEMU. And USB for thumb drives.
Right now I use a iMac G4 700 (it boots to OS9) for transferring downloads. But it doesn't do LocalTalk <>Ethernet.
I went looking over at EveryMac and found the Power Mac G3 233 has everything I need… I think.
It runs everything from OS 8 to OS 10.2.8. (I wish it went down to System 7). It has:
Serial ports
Geoport (which I believe is compatible with LocalTalk)
Ethernet RJ45
SCSI
IDE/ATA2
PCI slots (maybe I can get a USB card to work?)
CD (that could swap for A DVD-RW)
There may be other Macs out there with all this stuff too. Does anyone know of any others? Can I get USB drivers for OS 8?
What do all of you use for this kinda thing?
Right now I use a iMac G4 700 (it boots to OS9) for transferring downloads. But it doesn't do LocalTalk <>Ethernet.
I went looking over at EveryMac and found the Power Mac G3 233 has everything I need… I think.
It runs everything from OS 8 to OS 10.2.8. (I wish it went down to System 7). It has:
Serial ports
Geoport (which I believe is compatible with LocalTalk)
Ethernet RJ45
SCSI
IDE/ATA2
PCI slots (maybe I can get a USB card to work?)
CD (that could swap for A DVD-RW)
There may be other Macs out there with all this stuff too. Does anyone know of any others? Can I get USB drivers for OS 8?
What do all of you use for this kinda thing?