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From: amanda@intercon.uu.net (Amanda Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: UDPTalk as a backbone
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Date: 5 Sep 89 14:15:35 GMT
References: <1989Sep3.063402.22872@caen.engin.umich.edu> <31297@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <1989Sep4.202733.6326@caen.engin.umich.edu>
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In article <1989Sep4.202733.6326@caen.engin.umich.edu>,
billkatt@caen.engin.umich.edu (billkatt) writes:
> Maybe you should research your facts.  Kinetics INVENTED UDPTalk.  The
> original FastPaths (1's) were invented to bridge LocalTalk to UDPTalk
> (EtherTalk didn't exist yet).

Methinks the gentleman is a bit rusty on his history.  Bill Croft at Stanford
invented AppleTalk-over-UDP.  Kinetics from the start has pushed their
version, which started as "ELAP" and is now EtherTalk.  It is only with
the recent release of K-STAR that they are supporting UDP encapsulation.

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Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation

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