home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!news.yale.edu!wardmac2.med.yale.edu!user
- From: matt@wardsgi.med.yale.edu (Matt Healy)
- Subject: Re: Question : AppleTalk and LocalTalk
- Message-ID: <matt-151292113407@wardmac2.med.yale.edu>
- Followup-To: comp.protocols.appletalk
- Sender: news@news.yale.edu (USENET News System)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: wardmac2.med.yale.edu
- Organization: Yale University--Genetics
- References: <BzAK0K.95y@eis.calstate.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:47:02 GMT
- Lines: 51
-
- In article <BzAK0K.95y@eis.calstate.edu>, jokim@eis.calstate.edu (Joon Y.
- Kim) wrote:
- >
- > Can anyone help me with a very basic question? What is the difference if
- > any between AppleTalk and LocalTalk? Mac Sale International is selling a
- > LocalTalk Board for the PC for $25. The rep said it was made by Apple.
- > Then I saw that Shreve Systems is selling a AppleTalk PC card for $49; the
- > rep there said it is made by Apple as well. Which should I buy if I want
- > to connect my Mac to my PC using the AppleTalk port built into my Mac? I
- > have the MacTOPS software and want to set up a small "network" with my
- > computers.
- > THANKS in advance!
- >
- > Joon Kim
- > jokim@eis.calstate.edu
-
- Appletalk is a software protocol which can run over a variety
- of hardware cabling systems, such as Ethernet, Token Ring, and
- LocalTalk. Appletalk drivers for non-Apple hardware have such
- names as EtherTalk and TokenTalk -- where the first part of the
- name refers to the type of hardware cabling.
-
- LocalTalk is Apple's proprietary type of cabling.
-
- At one time, before AppleTalk protocols could be run over
- third-party cabling, Apple sometimes used "Appletalk" in reference to
- both hardware and software, and the confusion thus created
- may never be cleared up.
-
- If the LocalTalk board comes with the appropriate driver
- software, then it *should* work on your PC. Everything
- you need on the Mac side except the cable should have come
- with your Mac. If you have System 7 then you also have all
- the file-sharing software you need to set up a server.
-
- There is one *big* advantage to buying the Apple product:
- genuine Apple priducts come with excellent manuals giving
- step-by-step directions for setup. Other companies' products
- are cheaper, but their manuals are rarely as good. For a
- price differential of only 25 dollars I personally would get
- the Apple product--their manual may well save you half a day
- of hassles, and that amount of time would be worth more than
- 25 dollars to me! :-) :-} :-D :-^}
-
- I don't know anything about Tops.
-
- Matt Healy
- "I pretend to be a network administrator; the lab
- net pretends to work!"
-
- matt@wardsgi.med.yale.edu
-