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Re: Lanpress

David Empson (dempson@actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
: Dave Althoff <dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:

: > Phil Beesley (PB14@le.ac.uk) wrote:
: > 
: > (after noting that a Lanpress or other printer gateway wouldn't work)
: > 
: > : One plug-in box that *might* work is the Farallon Etherwave that plugs
: > : into a Mac LocalTalk port to connect it to an ethernet network. These do
: > : work on the Mac but are noticeably slower than a proper ethernet
: > : interface. However you would need to write a driver for the device,
: > : assuming you could get enough info on how it worked. 
: > 
: > Noticeably slower makes sense; if I remember correctly, Ethernet is
: > 10,000,000 bits/second while LocalTalk is 57,600 bits/second. 

: LocalTalk is 230,400 bps (and is synchronous, so has less overhead than
: asynchronous comms as used with modems).  Note that Ethernet and
: LocalTalk speeds are theoretical limits - due to the protocol
: requirements, you cannot actually achieve this level of throughput over
: any useful period (more than one frame).

Well...I said I was in over my head... 8-)

Thanks, David!

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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