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Re: Apple II networking question

John wrote:
> But can multiple Apple II's be networked together and what are they
> using? AppleTalk?  And at what speeds?  And what can be done?  Wasn't
> LocalTalk ports and the AT protacal designed for the Apple II machines?
> Because it seems in the Mac world that the AT protacal and the LocaTalk
> ports are very slow.  I know at my UC I've connected to machines before
> using direct AT and not using TCP/ip, and things seem allot slower.

LocalTalk and Ethernet are wiring specifications.

AppleTalk and TCP/IP are communication protocols.

LocalTalk (230.4 kilobits-per-second, or about 1/4 megabit-
per-second) is much slower than Ethernet (10 megabits-per-
second with modern implementations at 100 MBs or 1000 MBs).

AppleTalk can run over LocalTalk or Ethernet.

TCP/IP can run over Ethernet.

I doubt there is a way to run TCP/IP over LocalTalk.

See http://www.ops.org/tech/bas_netwk.html

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Paul R. Santa-Maria
Monroe, Michigan USA