Re: Appletalk and Linux

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

:> >This means that unless someone reverse engineers it, the only option for
:> >booting an Apple II over an AppleTalk network is to run an appropriate
:> >version of the real AppleShare software on a Mac (AppleShare 2.x or
:> >3.x).
:> 
:> On of these days I'm going to find time to watch the boot process with
:> a packet sniffer.  Leland Wallace at Apple told me at one time that he
:> would try to ferret out the specs for the boot protocol, so perhaps
:> I'll also put a bug in his ear.

: The main problem is that it involves downloading boot code to the Apple
: II, and downloading the missing parts of the AppleTalk protocol stack.
: Unless that was pinched out of AppleShare, you would have to reimplement
: it.

Since you can get Appleshare 3.0 for $50ish and a Mac Plus to run it for
$20ish now, that seems to be the path of least resistance.
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