Re: Apple II networking question

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

John wrote:

>>LocalTalk and Ethernet are wiring specifications.
>
>Thanks. But can multiple Apple II's be networked together?

I agree with Paul--it all depends on what you want to do.

The same applies to _all_ forms of networking.  It is only in
the "modern" world that networking has come to be synonymous
with the "standard" TCP/IP set of services.  And as Paul
and others have pointed out, that expansive set of services
is not now, and will likely never be, available for 8-bit Apples.

However, having said that, there is a fair amount that _can_
be done!

Take a look at NadaNet on my web site.  It is currently more
for programmers than for users, since it is a toolkit that allows
peer-to-peer communication among 8-bit Apple II's.

I'm about to publish a significant update, which will provide
an ampersand interfact to NadaNet services, add a remote
operation service for slave machines (with or without keyboards
and displays), and two new primitive services for writing
parallel programs on a network of Apple II's.

NadaNet now comes in versions for ProDOS machines, DOS
machines, "bare" (AppleCrate) machines, and, soon, IIgs
machines running ProDOS.  It now resides at the upper end
of memory, out of the way of BASIC and other programs.

But, to get an idea of what it can do, take a look at the current
(June) version on the web.

It's not file sharing, but it can be used to implement file sharing!

-michael

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