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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
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Subject: Re: Appletalk and Apple II c and e
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Date: 19 Oct 90 22:02:45 GMT
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The //c has the beginnings of software support but does not actually have the
necessary hardware (believe it or not, Jobs wanted the //c to have LocalTalk
capability -- Sculley sez so in _Odyssey_ -- but the cheaper rs232 only serial
chips were what got put in). Apple makes an Apple //e Workstation Card that
looks like a hard drive and printer to the //e.

For a file server, you'll need a mac with the latest version of the file server
software -- Apple hasn't deigned to implement an Appleshare server on the GS
yet -- but the laserwriter should be usable as is (I'm not positive about that;
check the blurb on the //e card).

mail me if you have more questions, I will try to answer them.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu