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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!ole!ssc!fylz!eskimo!lurch
  3. From: lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)
  4. Subject: Re: GS+AFP Unix server
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan20.164316.29279@eskimo.com>
  6. Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
  7. References: <m0nC5mX-0000XaC@crash.cts.com> <C0to33.FIq@utstat.toronto.edu> <1993Jan17.182421.20470@eskimo.com> <1993Jan18.141248.21654@actrix.gen.nz>
  8. Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 16:43:16 GMT
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  11. David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
  12.  
  13. >Appletalk is a family of network protocols.  Various physical
  14. >connections are supported, including LocalTalk (built into the Mac and
  15. >IIgs), which has a speed of 230 kilobits per second, EtherTalk (using
  16. >Ethernet hardware and protocols), TokenTalk (IBM Token Ring), telephone
  17. >connections (e.g. AppleTalk Remote Access), etc.
  18.  
  19. >I think you're comparing LocalTalk to Ethernet.  AppleTalk isn't just
  20. >LocalTalk.
  21.  
  22. My apologies.. I did mean localtalk (which is a joke, I'm sorry)  I have
  23. NOT seen Ethertalk yet (though I intend to) and To
  24. k
  25. ken Ring is a joke too... I dunno about speed, but it's a royal
  26. pain to set up and maintain.
  27.  
  28.  
  29. k
  30. -- 
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  32. |          lurch@eskimo.com            |         Does the Noise in my      |
  33. |          lurch@delphi.com            |             Head Bother You?      |
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