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From: tom@wcc.oz (Tom Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: LocalTalk v. AppleTalk
Message-ID: <1176@wcc.oz>
Date: 22 Nov 90 05:04:02 GMT
References: <3449@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>
Organization: Webster Computer, Melbourne, Australia
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In article <3449@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes:
> Just what is the distinction between LocalTalk and AppleTalk, anyway?

"AppleTalk" is the name of the protocol suite. "LocalTalk" is the name
of the cable that plugs into your Mac - really LocalTalk is an ISO
Data Link Layer thingdroid.

Likewise EtherTalk is what you have when it is running over Ethernet
physical cable, and TokenTalk is...

Lots of people (me included) get unjustly annoyed if you use the wrong
term. If you want to know the whole box and die, get "Inside AppleTalk
Second Edition" - nice light bedtime reading.

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Tom Evans  tom@wcc.oz.au  
Webster Computer Corp P/L, 1270 Ferntree Gully Rd Scoresby, Melbourne 3179
Victoria, Australia 61-3-764-1100  FAX ...764-1179