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Article #5806Re: Ethernet vs LocalTalk
From: Peter Desnoyers
Date: Tue, 02 May 1989 20:48
Date: Tue, 02 May 1989 20:48
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I just did a benchmark with 2 MacIIs, one Ethernetted and one
LocalTalked, transfering a 470k system file. I used the MPW
'duplicate' command. Results:
LocalTalk (through a bridge) - 138kbit/s
EtherTalk (same wire) - 418kbit/s
Doesn't look like 20% to me. For that matter, if the LocalTalk
transfer ran at full speed (c. 95% of 230kbit/s) it would still be
about an 80% speedup.
Based on our group's experience, I would say that the main advantage
of EtherTalk (besides fast FTPs to UNIX machines) is that you can use
a file server as conveniently as your own disk, and so can 20 other
people.
Peter Desnoyers
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!bbn!apple!desnoyer From: desnoyer@Apple.COM (Peter Desnoyers) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Ethernet vs LocalTalk Message-ID: <29995@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 2 May 89 20:48:07 GMT References: <278@suna.CMI.COM> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 18