Re: GS Appletalk troubles

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>     Information like the above is sure to help those who wish to use
>AppleTalk. Unfortunately, I do not recall what specific situation led to
>pulling it. In any case, we scrapped AppleTalk years ago; so, any
>associated problems/limitations have not plagued our IIgs.
>
>     The above leads to a natural question: What am I missing? What is
>it that you or John or anyone else does with AppleTalk which makes it
>worth the bother.

230kbaud, for one thing.  It makes a 56k serial null modem
connection (about 4 times slower) to shame.  Access to an
AppleShare volume (for non hard drive users).  And
AppleTalk printers (again, much faster than 56k serial).

>     For example, unless one is especially thrilled by pretty animations
>at random intervals, putting up with screen saver-related limitations
>and glitches makes no sense. The 'cure' is to treat any screen saver as
>though it were a virus.

I like my screen saver.  ;-)

It does not glitch my GS at all.  Besides, now that the RGB
unit is dead, I really DO need it to prevent burn-in on
my green phosphor unit.

>     Obviously, AppleTalk is a potential crash causer. So, what is the
>pay-off for getting it to work on a GS?

Currently best networking speed for GS.  Print faster to
laser printers.  Share Mac hard drives (only useful if your
IIGS does not have one).

I agree, it is a poor substitute for a IIGS hard drive.  But
it is also much superior in function to null modem.