Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!mcvax!cernvax!jmg From: jmg@cernvax.UUCP (jmg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: question about spectre GCR Keywords: Ethernet Message-ID: <986@cernvax.UUCP> Date: 2 May 89 06:43:18 GMT References: <3995@druwy.ATT.COM> Reply-To: jmg@cernvax.UUCP () Organization: CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland Lines: 23 In article <3995@druwy.ATT.COM> dlm@druwy.ATT.COM (Dan Moore) writes: > The Spectre 128(tm) and/or Spectre GCR(tm) does not support >AppleTalk(tm). AppleTalk requires hardware that the ST does not have. >Several companies are considering developing AppleTalk interfaces for >the ST. If/when an AppleTalk interface is available for the ST the >Spectre will be upgraded to support it. (Of course some of the >companies have been talking about building AppleTalk interfaces for over >2 years so I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it.) > On the other hand, there seems to be a very reasonable Ethernet interface available in Germany. Now, how about killing lots of birds with one piece of software. Write the drivers such that we could run Apple's EtherTalk (or KIP if you prefer). Or maybe you would rather have one of the Mac TCP/IP products. Or any of the related products, such as Oracle, based (currently, I believe) on the Kinetics TCPort drivers? Utopia is only a program away! -- _ _ o | __ | jmg@cernvax.uucp | | | | _ / \ _ __ _ __ _| jmg@cernvax.bitnet | | | | |_) /_) | __/_) | (___\ | (_/ | J. M. Gerard, Div. DD, CERN, | | |_|_| \_/\___ \__/ \___| (_|_| \_|_ 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland