>AppleTalk was a medium speed protocol when it was introduced. At the time, >Ethernet was about $900 per machine. AppleTalk was a real revolution. As >Ethernet got cheap, AppleTalk looked worse in comparison. I networked many >places that could never have bought Ethernet. I thought AppleTalk was one >of the many 'democratizing' achievments of Apple. > AppleTalk is a protocol. LocalTalk is a cabling technology for running AppleTalk via a serial port. AppleTalk can run over telephone wires (ARA), twisted pair and coax ethernet (EtherTalk), infrared beams (IRTalk), fiber optic cable, etc at speeds from 2400 baud to gigabits per second. LocalTalk is the terminology applied to the cable/DIN-8 connections combinations, and the 230.4 Kbps network. To that end then your sentences should read: "LocalTalk was a real revolution. As Ethernet got cheap, LocalTalk looked worse in comparison." Apple of course never helped when it named the first LocalTalk equipment it sold as "The AppleTalk Networking System." -chuck goolsbee, mac-mgrs list mom <http://www.mac-mgrs.org> ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> X-Router | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> Midwest Mac Parts <http://www.midwestmac.com> | After-market parts for Macs. Fix your ticking dock for $59 w/ trade-in of PS. 888-356-1104 PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com
