Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.lans:1930 comp.protocols.appletalk:1046 comp.unix.xenix:3634 Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!munnari!basser!natmlab!ipso!stcns3!stca77!peter From: peter@stca77.stc.oz (Peter Jeremy) Newsgroups: aus.wanted,comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Appletalk under Xenix/Unix Keywords: appletalk xenix unix Message-ID: <306@stca77.stc.oz> Date: 11 Oct 88 01:09:54 GMT Article-I.D.: stca77.306 References: <296@stca77.stc.oz> Reply-To: peter@stca77.stc.oz (Peter Jeremy) Followup-To: peter@stca77.stc.oz Organization: Alcatel-STC, Alexandria, AUSTRALIA Lines: 53 In article <296@stca77.stc.oz>, I wrote: >I am looking for a hardware/software package that will allow me to >interface an AT-Clone running Xenix/286 and/or a Motorola Delta (VMEBus, >68030) system running UNIX System V.3 to an Appletalk network. Thanks to the following people for responding: tom@wcc.oz (Tom Evans) pp@iesd.dk (Peter Petersen) paul@unisoft.UUCP (Paul Campbell) geo@runx.ips.oz (George Bray) dionj@sco.UUCP (Dion Johnson) The solutions mostly suggested using an Ethernet<->AppleTalk gateway (Kinetics Fastpath, Cayman Gatorbox and Webster Multigate were suggested), with the Columbia University CAP package (PD) as a file server/spooler. One reply suggested that the MVME147 card (the most likely choice for a 68030 DELTA CPU) has two Z8530 SCC's. These are the chips that Apple use for the AppleTalk interface and it should be possible to write a driver to talk directly. [I recall seeing the 68000 code for AppleTalk, or a close approximation thereto in a recent Dr Dobbs, but don't have the reference handy, for anyone comtemplating this approach]. There was also a reference to 'PacerLink', which lets Macs and MS-DOS PC's share a UNIX disk and spool to a serially connected LaserWriter. Unfortunately, I don't have Ethernet on my XENIX box, and none of the replies provided a more direct path than adding both Ethernet and a Fastpath or similar, except for one reference that Kinetics have, or are, working on a XENIX<->AppleTalk link. The contacts I was given are: Kinetics, Walnut Creek, CA, ph +1-415-947-0998, fax +1-415-947-1238. The Gatorbox is an intelligent network gateway, currently supporting Appletalk and Ethernet TCP/IP. Cayman Systems Inc, One Kendall Square, Building 600, Cambridge, MA 02139. (Cheryl Alexander, ph +1-617-494-1999) The Multigate is a geteway/bridge between Ethernet and 4 Appletalk networks. Webster Computer Corp P/L, 1270 Ferntree Gully Rd, Scoresby, Vic 3179, Australia. Ph +61-3-764-1100, Fax +61-3-764-1179. The Australian distributor for PacerLink is Tri Data Communications, 20 Young St, Neutral Bay 2089, NSW, Australia Ph +61-2-953-8577 -- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter@stca77.stc.oz Alcatel-STC Australia ...!munnari!stca77.stc.oz!peter 41 Mandible St peter%stca77.stc.oz@uunet.UU.NET ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015