Re: //gs LocalTalk Port

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <6ne3ri$lqt@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net>,
kroma <kroma@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Anybody know the speed of the LocalTalk Port on the gs?

   Port speed is 230 kiloBITS per second, async transmission mode. All
information is passed around in packets, so you can subtract at least
10% for protocol overhead, collisions, etc. Also, Appletalk is a
'noisy' protocol like IPX where machines constantly announce their
presence, which can induce extra load on a setup with many machines.
[TCP/IP is quieter-- machines only talk when they're trying to deliver
info]

Nathan Mates

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