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From: paisley@mte.ncsu.edu (Mike)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Compare StarControllers and PC LocalTalk cards
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Date: 15 Dec 89 00:15:08 GMT
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We're setting up a new subnet behind a FastPath in building that was 
supposedly wired "correctly".  Meaning, every room was wired back to a central 
room, and forms a largish star.  Now these stars are supposed to be much 
easier to manage, and I'll beleive it for the moment.  However, now just for 
8-10 nodes we almost HAVE to buy a star controller.  So, how do the 
star controllers from Farralon and Nuvotech stack up?  I know its 12 vs. 16 
ports, and no lights vs. status lights, but how else do they differ? And what 
would YOU get if you had your druthers.

Now a second point.  Some of these nodes are going to be PCs, some 
microchannel and some not.  Since we will want to run NCSA Telnet on these 
PCs, what are the best PC LocalTalk cards to install?  And for that matter, 
how do TOPSprint and ApplePCprint and others software compare for letting 
those PCs get to a laserprinter (an IBM Page Printer II running PostScript)?

Sorry to ask so much, but I know so little.

Michael J. Paisley			PAISLEY@MTE.NCSU.EDU
Materials Science & Engineering		PAISLEY%MTE@NCSUVX.NCSU.EDU
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