Re: Appletalked GS under Linux

[wwonko@news.rdwarf.com (Louis W. Erickson)]

Will Baguhn (wbaguhn@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
: In article <33A631A2.D61EA3D1@healey.com.au>,
: Dave Morrison  <deth@healey.com.au> wrote:
: >Oi!
: >
: >Just wondered if anyone has networked a GS to a PC running linux?? Linux
: >comes with appletalk preinstalled in its kernel, so I was wondering if
: >this is possible. Anyway tried it?? If so....how did it go??
: >
: >Dave

: I'm working on it.  Problem is that the Linux appletalk drivers only
: support ethertalk, and i'm not too keen on patching/writing new drivers
: to get it to work on localtalk.  at the moment, i'm using two linux machines
: networked with plip and a gs as a "super-terminal" via serial to one of
: them.  that's about it for now, unless GS/TCP is come out yet?

The company who now makes the LocalTalk PC card had a bunch of stuff on
how to manipulate this card from code on thier web site, and it looked like
sources for a DOS driver.  I looked at writing a Linux driver, then decided
I didn't have the time and/or energy.

I now can't find all the info, naturally.  But, ask AltaVista and it is at:

http://www.copstalk.com/ltdev/ltdev.html  

(I asked the Advanced page: "localtalk AND pc AND source AND linux AND driver"
actually, the surfed around the COPSTALK page till I found it.)

Apparently they run a mailing list and have an SDK that I looked at before.
Linux will make the timing difficult, but shouldn't be impossible.  Between
that and a copy of Inside Appletalk, you should be able to write it, if you
have the knowledge, hardware, and time.

I decided I didn't have enough of any one of those three.

I know I'd like to get all our Macs on a LocalTalk net with the Linux box,
but I haven't got a driver.  =).

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