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From: sblair@upurbmw.dell.com (Steve Blair)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: driver for appletalk pc card
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Date: 22 May 91 14:42:58 GMT
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In article <1991May21.174134.13639@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, puglia@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Paul Puglia) writes:
|> Does anyone know of a sys v 386 either release 3.2 or 4  driver for the
|> apple appletalk pc card?   Also does anyone know how to get technical info
|> from apple to write such a beastie if one wanted to?


I for one would be quite hesitant on writing such a beast. You've got to
deal with many layers of s/w, connectivity that has dynamic(unless 
assigned) addressing schemes, etc...

It would be easier to port CAP(Columbia Appletalk Protocol), or purchase
a commercially available product such as Kshare/Print from mt. xinu...

Remember, you've got IP going on as well on your machine. You'd have to have
a driver written that would span 3 layers of protocols, and that would be
quite a challenge. Furthermore, you could just go *buy* a Gatorbox, and
have to do almost nothing.............


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