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In article <BzAK0K.95y@eis.calstate.edu>, jokim@eis.calstate.edu (Joon Y.
Kim) wrote:
> 
> Can anyone help me with a very basic question? What is the difference if
> any between AppleTalk and LocalTalk? Mac Sale International is selling a
> LocalTalk Board for the PC for $25. The rep said it was made by Apple.
> Then I saw that Shreve Systems is selling a AppleTalk PC card for $49; the
> rep there said it is made by Apple as well. Which should I buy if I want
> to connect my Mac to my PC using the AppleTalk port built into my Mac? I
> have the MacTOPS software and want to set up a small "network" with my
> computers.
> 		THANKS in advance!
> 
> 						Joon Kim
> 						jokim@eis.calstate.edu

Appletalk is a software protocol which can run over a variety
of hardware cabling systems, such as Ethernet, Token Ring, and
LocalTalk.  Appletalk drivers for non-Apple hardware have such
names as EtherTalk and TokenTalk -- where the first part of the
name refers to the type of hardware cabling.

LocalTalk is Apple's proprietary type of cabling.

At one time, before AppleTalk protocols could be run over
third-party cabling, Apple sometimes used "Appletalk" in reference to
both hardware and software, and the confusion thus created
may never be cleared up.

If the LocalTalk board comes with the appropriate driver
software, then it *should* work on your PC.  Everything
you need on the Mac side except the cable should have come
with your Mac.  If you have System 7 then you also have all
the file-sharing software you need to set up a server.

There is one *big* advantage to buying the Apple product:
genuine Apple priducts come with excellent manuals giving
step-by-step directions for setup.  Other companies' products
are cheaper, but their manuals are rarely as good.  For a
price differential of only 25 dollars I personally would get
the Apple product--their manual may well save you half a day
of hassles, and that amount of time would be worth more than
25 dollars to me!  :-) :-} :-D  :-^}

I don't know anything about Tops.

Matt Healy
"I pretend to be a network administrator; the lab
 net pretends to work!"

matt@wardsgi.med.yale.edu