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From: FAUSETT@radc-tops20.arpa
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: app*etalk
Message-ID: <3620@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 5 Aug 88 13:52:20 GMT
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Stephen J. King writes:

> App*eTalk on an Amiga? We have a contractor here (Harold of NTT systems)
> who says that it would be fairly easy to run this protocol on  the Amiga,
> given an RS232 to current loop convertor, which I could whip together in
> (almost) no time flat. He doesn't know if he wants to put this thing out PD
> or as a marketable product, so we are looking for feedback from the net.

I think it's a great idea - I could drag an Amiga into work, hook it into 
the existing LocalTalk (that's AppleTalk protocols on RS422 lines, it's
EtherTalk on Ethernet) net, and not only show off the capabilities of the Amiga
but also show how it can use the existing hardware to file serve off of, use
existing laser printers, etc...

Cavaets:
	1.  Can the Amiga serial port run at 270K baud (that's roughly the 
	speed of the LocalTalk RS422 links).
	2.  To make it useful, you need to also implement some of the higher
	level protocols, like Appleshare etc.

Has anyone tried an PC Appletalk board in a Amiga 2000?

Mark (Fausett@radc-tops20.arpa)
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