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From: jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey M White)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleTalkII
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Date: 2 Dec 89 18:52:44 GMT
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In article <1989Dec1.173157.6363@sobmips.UUCP> stacy@sobmips.UUCP (s.millions) writes:
>From article <5525@internal.Apple.COM>, by rickf@Apple.COM (Rick Fleischman):
>> In article <936@mtk.UUCP> marmar@mtk.UUCP (Mark Martino) writes:
>>>What are the major differences between AppleTalk and AppleTalkII?
>
>> The complete documentation for AppleTalk Phase 2 is available from APDA.
>
>OK, I'll bite. What is AppleTalk Phase 2? Please tell me it speeds
>up AppleTalk, pleaassssse.

  I believe the major differences is that it got rid of the limitation of
only being allowed to have 254 Mac's on EtherTalk, and also reduced the
number of broadcast packets it sent out, which people on TCP networks
didn't like because it added a lot of traffic.  Other people can provide
more detailed information.
  Oh, I'm just about positive that it doesn't do anything for Localtalk based
networks, just Mac's on ethernet.

					Jeff White
					University of Pennsylvania
					jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu


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