[2189] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Ethertalk / Localtalk routing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Thu Mar 21 04:56:33 1996
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: ecloud@goodnet.com (Shawn Rutledge)
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:38:56 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: ATPlack@scj.com, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199603201636.JAA28807@goodguy.goodnet.com> from "Shawn Rutledge" at Mar 20, 96 09:36:10 am
> 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.
The ability to get documentation is a fairly major part of the problem.
The current kernels have localtalk hooks.
Alan