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From: krauskpf@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Why do I need a Kinetics Box(Unix <
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Date: 11 Feb 88 23:35:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!krauskpf    Feb 11 17:35:00 1988



The Kinetics FastPath is still necessary for price/performance for
groups of Macs > 3.  AppleTalk cabling is cheaper too.

Protocol-wise, you are just waiting for UNIX to support EtherTalk access
in the kernel with good library interfaces like CAP's.  Remember, the
EtherTalk hardware writes AppleTalk packets right onto Ethernet rather
than encapsulating in UDP.  When is HP-UX going to support EtherTalk in 
the kernel?  The port of CAP should take less than one day and the 
AppleShare client already runs on EtherTalk Macs.

Tim Krauskopf
NCSA
timk@ncsa.uiuc.edu