Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!ucbvax!JESSICA.STANFORD.EDU!morgan From: morgan@JESSICA.STANFORD.EDU (RL "Bob" Morgan) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: AppleTalk Phase 1 driver for 3comm boards. Message-ID: Date: 13 Aug 90 22:16:12 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 28 > We have a couple of 3Com 3C503 boards installed and our network is still > Phase 1 for now. However, we cannot locate the software driver for the > 3Com board that supports AppleTalk Phase 1. We have the software for > Phase 2. I seem to recall having some moderate success with some version of TOPS which ran on some Ethernet boards (probably 3C503) and did AppleTalk Phase I. I think I was able to print to a LaserWriter across a FastPath, for example. I also remember that the software took a lot of RAM and therefore wasn't too useful for most users. Apple specifically doesn't have a Phase I driver for PCs. In case anyone hasn't got the picture yet, Apple would like to see Phase I disappear as quickly as possible. Certainly they encourage anyone doing any AppleTalk implementation to do Phase II and not bother with Phase I. (Apple people, please correct me if I'm mis-stating this.) You might want to consider putting up Phase II/Phase I transition software in your routers (if possible), and running your PCs with Phase II, rather than investing a lot of time finding Phase I for them. - RL "Bob" Morgan Networking Systems Stanford -------