chuck's list account wrote: >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." Thanks for this info, Chuck - this has confused me for years. So I guess you are saying that there is nothing wrong (i.e. slow) with using Appletalk over an Ethernet network, which is what I am doing at home. Someone mentioned "AppleTalk IP" as a preferred alternative to AppleTalk�I have simply selected 'connect via ethernet' in my AppleTalk control panel and set up appropriate IP addresses for each computer in the TCP/IP control panel. Seems to work well for me, but I don't see anything labelled "AppleTalk IP" Blair Fisher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---------- 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
