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From: borton@net1.ucsd.edu (Chris Borton)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleTalk over modems
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Date: 13 Jan 88 04:53:19 GMT
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In article <898@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> you write:
>Is anyone aware of a mechanism for implementing AppleTalk across
>high-speed modems (such as the Telebit Trailblazer?).

There are a couple setups for doing AppleTalk over serial lines, of varying
speeds.  There is an 'Asynch AppleTalk' DA that was implemented at Dartmouth.
I know of two different companies doing serial ATP products; one is called
R-Server, I believe, and the other escapes me at the moment.  I do remember
that one of them had a 1200 baud modem built into it and was limited to that,
while the other could handle any serial speed.

AlisaTalk has, as part of its package, a serial<-->ATP driver that allows
any terminal program to function over AppleTalk.  Nice!

pcLINK from Pacer also implements soemthing of this sort -- unfortunately
it is restricted to their software only, but using their program and a server
on Unix I can mount a remote volume and actually have it show up on the
desktop :-).  At 12/2400 baud this is not very practical, but sure nifty.  
It also works at any speed.

Hope this helps a little bit...

-cbb
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Chris "Johann" Borton, UC San Diego	...!sdcsvax!borton
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Chris "Johann" Borton, UC San Diego	...!sdcsvax!borton
					borton@ucsd.edu or BORTON@UCSD.BITNET
Letztes Jahr in Deutschland, nog een jaar hier, en dan naar Amsterdam!
"H = F cubed.  Happiness = Food, Fun, & Friends."  --Steve Wozniak