Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Path: utzoo!utgpu!nishri
From: nishri@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Alex Nishri)
Subject: Re: Gatorbox vs Fastpath
Message-ID: <1990Jun8.194736.11368@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: UTCS Public Access
References: <1543@swbatl.sbc.com> <1544@swbatl.sbc.com>
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 90 19:47:36 GMT

In article <1544@swbatl.sbc.com> adams@swbatl.UUCP (Tom Adams - 235-745) writes:
>Due to some internal discussion and the preponderance of Gatorboxs around
>here I'm wondering if anyone has interesting comparisons of Gatorboxes and
>the Fastpath?  The consensus here seems to be that the Gatorbox is horrendously
>slow compared to similar boxes, but offers the only Appleshare to NFS
>gateway.  True?; False?; Totlally confused? War stories? Pointers?

You might want to check the June 1990 MacUser magazine.  Inside a special
section on networking, including a section on "EtherTalk to LocalTalk Routers",
is just the comparison you are talking about.  In particular, see the graph
on page 47 of the special networking section.