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From: emmayche@dhw68k.cts.com (Mark Hartman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Simultaneous use of Localtalk and Ethertalk
Message-ID: <1991May6.041748.26440@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 6 May 91 04:17:48 GMT
References: <1991May3.145247.1627@burrhus.harvard.edu>
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In article <1991May3.145247.1627@burrhus.harvard.edu> mgb@generali.harvard.edu (Michael G. Burner) writes:
>Is there a hardware basis for the Mac's inability to keep Localtalk
>and Ethertalk ports simultaneously active, or is it a limitation in
>the system software?  Either way, has there been any discussion of,
>uh, correcting it?

No, there's no hardware-based reason.  Farallon's Liaison product does it
very well, although it's acting as a software bridge.  It seems as though
it should be possible to do what you want here - but you'll probably have to
write it.
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