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Article #5816Re: Ethernet vs LocalTalk
From: Amanda Walker
Date: Fri, 05 May 1989 15:58
Date: Fri, 05 May 1989 15:58
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One thing to remember about reviews in magazines about the speed of EtherTalk vs. AppleTalk is that most of them test the speed by copying files with TOPS, evidently out of some feeling that "that's what people use networks for." TOPS does not take advantage of the available speed of an Ethernet. Heck, it doesn't even take advantage of all of the available speed of an AppleTalk. Most of this is probably a design "feature" that allows the server to run in the background while still leave the Mac acting as the server able to do other things at the same time. Ethernet won't give you much if what you're using it for is TOPS. It will gain you a whole lot if you're using AppleShare, TCP/IP, or most other software. -- Amanda Walker <amanda@intercon.UUCP>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!intercon!amanda@intercon.UUCP From: amanda@intercon.UUCP (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Ethernet vs LocalTalk Message-ID: <05-May-89.120604@192.41.214.2> Date: 5 May 89 15:58:06 GMT References: <278@suna.CMI.COM> Sender: news@intercon.UUCP Reply-To: amanda@intercon.UUCP (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation, Sterling, VA Lines: 16