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  • Ken McLeod_the_cloud@mastodon.social
    Apr 22, 2026, 1:22 AM

    SUCCESS! Finally got the Macintosh 512Ke on #GlobalTalk ! I couldn't find a Phone Net box with a DB9 connector, and my attempts to bodge one together weren't working. Picked up a DB9 LocalTalk connector for less than $10. Now I'm ready for next year's #MARCHintosh , or #Apriltosh , or maybe #AprilApples (though I think LocalTalk only worked on the IIgs.)

    A Macintosh 512Ke computer screen displays the Chooser window, with GlobalTalk zones visible in the lower left pane.
    Windows from TalkCrawler Lite and InterPoll display the results of a scan of the "Cloudbusting" zone on GlobalTalk. The Mac 512Ke shows up in the scan as a "Macintosh Plus".
    The rear panel of the Mac 512Ke, with a LocalTalk connector attached to its DB9 printer port. That connector goes to a second connector, which in turn is connected to an AsantePrint box that bridges to to the Ethernet network.
    A Macintosh 512Ke computer is running on a wooden table. Displayed on its screen is the Chooser, showing a connected file server and AppleTalk zones.
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