Re: Appletalk or GS/TCP?

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

In article <58uu84$p26@darla.visi.com>, nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:

> In article <58um05$poh$1@scramble.lm.com>,
> Matt Portune <mportune@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
> >
> >Perfect!  Now, my next crazy question.  Can this be done over a handshaking 
> >null-modem serial connection?  Or do I HAVE to buy new hardware as well?
> 
>    This is done with Appletalk on a PC running NT 4.x or a Mac. You
> will need a way for both machines to talk Appletalk. On the GS or Mac,
> that's easy. On a PC, as we've noted several times before, Appletalk
> cards are rare, but they do exist.
> 
>    To my knowledge, there is no appletalk over plain serial lines other
> than Apple's 'Appletalk Remote Access' (ARA), but that software was
> only for Macs.

Besides, Using the Appletalk (Printer) port at 230kbps is slow enough.
I couldn't imagine the pain involved with trying to network at 19.2 or
38.4 (or even 57.6) kbps

-Sheldon

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