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Re: AppleTalk



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.

Roy
I appreciate the correction.


G