Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cbmvax!bagate!dsinc!unix.cis.pitt.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga (Games--Macintosh vs A500) Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 02:44:45 GMT References: <7816@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1991Mar14.052507.19830@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <7906@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1991Mar14.231832.7342@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <7921@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu's message of 15 Mar 91 00:52:52 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws5.sys.cs.psu.edu In article <7921@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin) writes: True, but Appletalk is great for 3 or 4 machine networks (sharing modems, printers, plotters). It's all I've ever used at a non-university location. Ethernet is overkill for most of the small businesses I've seen using macs. Appletalk is flexible and cheap and widely supported. Ethernet is overkill. You must be joking. Anything less is unacceptable. -Mike