[2177] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Ethertalk / Localtalk routing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn Rutledge)
Wed Mar 20 12:37:28 1996
From: Shawn Rutledge <ecloud@goodnet.com>
To: ATPlack@scj.com
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:36:10 -0700 (MST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <"MSMAIL PC */PRMD=SCJMAIL/ADMD=MCI/C=US/"@MHS> from "ATPlack@scj.com" at Mar 20, 96 09:26:11 am
> >for testing only, but it was just on the ethernet backbone. I doubt there
> >is a PC localtalk card, and if there is I doubt even more if Linux
> >supports it.. your #2 up there is really the only "real" solution.
>
> Yes, there is an Appletalk board for the PC. Novell has been using several
> for Apple access to their NOS and I believe that someone should look into
> it. Maybe from the 68k development group.
I have an old TOPS card, which is an ISA card that was used in a TOPS network
that included macs. I don't know if the macs had to have a special card too
or if this card does localtalk directly. I've never found a use for it; it
came in a PC I got at the surplus auction at ASU. It'd be cool if Linux
supported such networks, if they still exist.
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