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Subject: Re: Ethertalk vs. Localtalk
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Date: 5 May 89 00:11:00 GMT
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Personally, moving from Localtalk to Ethertalk on *any* Mac that I've
tried has yielded wonderful benefits.  The obvious one is right in
front of me.  I've been doing file transfers between my Mac IIx on
Ethernet, and a SE/30 on localtalk, using the Appleshare file server
(also on Ethernet) as a go between.  The difference is usually the
IIx trouncing the SE/30 by a wide margin.  Your mileage may vary,
especially on some benchmarks I've seen, but I generally consider
it worth it.

This topic reminds me of a project that I've been trying to start with
the help of some software vendors.  Since noone (that i know of) is
going to make an Ethertalk card for the IIgs anytime soon, I was
thinking of writing a SCSI Ethertalk driver that would use the Apple
II SCSI card, and connect either to a Kinectics EtherSC, or a Dove
Ethernet box.  Would any of you guys see a need for this, outside of
me wanting Ethertalk on my IIgs?  Comments, suggestions or flames
may be sent to the bboard, so I can decide the worthiness of this
project.  Thanks.

--Rick Ewing
  Apple Atlanta