Re: AppleTalk

[Greg Weston <gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com>]

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. I appreciate the correction.

G