Re: AppleTalk

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

Roy wrote:

>Greg Weston wrote:
>> In article <jalapeno1-74207B.19585224102002@nnrp02.earthlink.net>,
>> Jalapeno <jalapeno1@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>In article <231020021958487156%gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com>,
>>> Greg Weston <gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>In article <xpadndC8BvfqWyugXTWc3w@comcast.com>, Joel
>>>><joelbuckley54.nospam.@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is there a faq for Appletalk somewhere? (I couldn't find it.)
>>>>>
>>>>>Can AT be used for file-sharing between Apple IIs?
>>>>>Or do you need a Mac as file server?
>>>>>
>>>>>Can it be used to share files with Windows machines?
>>>>>Once on ebay I saw an AppleTalk card for an IBM.
>>>>
>>>>You actually saw a LocalTalk card. LocalTalk is a physical networking
>>>>layer, analogous to Ethernet. AppleTalk is a suite of communication
>>>>protocols. File sharing is accomplished by a member of that suite known
>>>>as AFP - the Apple (or AppleTalk) File Protocol. So the card you saw
>>>>would let an IBM with appropriate slots join an existing LocalTalk
>>>>network, but you'd still need a common network file system protocol
>>>>that travels over those wires.
>>>>
>>>>G
>>>
>>>Ah, revisionist history, how quaint! ;o)
>>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>Since I have both an AppleTalk PC card and a LocalTalk PC card I will 
>>>venture that the OP did, in fact, see an Appletalk card for an IBM on 
>>>ebay. ;o)
>> 
>> 
>> Not revisionism, just honest error. I've been working with Apple IIs
>> since 1982 and Macs since 1985 but never heard of Apple offering an
>> "AppleTalk" card for PCs. 
>
>Apple wasn't the only company that offered Apple/LocalTalk cards.
>There were at least two third parties that did the same.

And one of the third parties merely licensed the Apple card!

Farallon sold it under the name: "PhoneNET Card PC - LocalTalk".

-michael

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