[94] in Resnet-Forum
Re: PC drivers for AppleTalk
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adelaide I. Lane)
Fri Dec 10 18:10:32 1993
From: lanea@rpi.edu (Adelaide I. Lane)
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 17:44:45 -0500
In-Reply-To: lalvarez@seraph1.sewanee.edu (Laurence Alvarez)
To: lalvarez@seraph1.sewanee.edu (Laurence Alvarez), resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
Laurence,
Regarding:
On Dec 9, 3:18pm, Laurence Alvarez wrote:
> Subject: PC drivers for AppleTalk
> The University of the South has very few non-Macintosh computers, and we
> have live LocalTalk connections in all student rooms. We know we can
> purchase an LocalTalk card from Farallon which, when istalled in a PC,
> gives the PC limited access to our LocalTalk network. What we want is the
> software which when add to the PC with the Farallon card and software will
> give the PC the ability to use Telnet, FTP, and Eudora for Windows. Does
> anyone out there know what we need?
>
>
> Laurence Alvarez, Associate Provost
> The University of the South
> 735 University Avenue
> Sewanee, Tennessee 37383-1000 615-598-1231
>
>
>-- End of excerpt from Laurence Alvarez
There is a commercial package, PC/TCP from FTP, Inc. which has some support.
Here's a report from one of our programmers supporting the package.
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From the release note for the 2.2 version of PC/TCP:
"The new kernel supports ltdrv.exe a packet driver for the Apple LocalTalk
PC Card, version 9.2. This kernel does not support an optional configuration
parameter that allows Apple LocalTalk routers such as a GatorBox to assign
an IP address to the packet driver after it loads."
Sooo ... there is SOME support for TCP/IP over LocalTalk - I don't
know what the compatibility between Apple PC LocalTalk cards and the
Farallon cards might be. I'd suspect that if there is a packet driver
for th Farallon card, PC/TCP would work. Given the existence of SOME
LocalTalk support, they should probably check with FTP Software
(support@ftp.com) about the specific situation they are interested
in.
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We use this software for ethernet attached PC's in the dorms and are
experimenting with SLIP over a 14,400 modem for non-dorm students. We have
not tested it for PC's on Localtalk.
Adelaide Lane
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
