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From: A.ALDERSON@MACBETH.STANFORD.EDU (Rich Alderson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: What is EtherTalk speed?
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Date: 15 Dec 88 19:28:08 GMT
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You've missed something.  Most ethernets aren't populated with just two hosts.
The wire is going to be busy most of the time, so you have to read everything
on the wire to see if you are missing anything.  That sounds like a dedicated
processor (of any type) to me.

A dedicated 8MHz 68000 could JUST keep up.  It isn't going to have time to do
much in the way of processing.

Rich Alderson
Stanford University
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