Re: Q>. Localtalk on IIe ?

["Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

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In article <B5C5E52B.63CB%cms@macisp.net>, cms <cms@macisp.net> wrote:


>I saw some boards, on amazon bid site, that said IIe localtalk networking ?
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>correct me if I am wrong, if the IIc+ can't do appletalk/localtalk,
>why can the IIe do it ?
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>Thanks
>Rick
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The IIe card is really a network coprocessor, it has its own processor,
memory and serial interface. A standard IIc would not be fast enough to keep
up with a LocalTalk network, also the serial chip used in the IIc and IIc+
is different from that used in the IIgs and Mac and can't handle LocalTalk.
The IIc+, with its 4MHz processor, could have done it if Apple had put the
effort into redesigning it. It's a pity, for not much more money the IIc+
could have been released as a compact IIgs with networking built-in.


Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws
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