Re: Does AppleTalk DO anything?

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From: Lars Peter Fischer
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 01:36

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>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Anderson (anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu)

Stephen> This Apppletalk stuff is a "Kill App" all right....... :-(

Well, I'll have to say I've never used AppleTalk for file sharing, but
I *have* used it for printing, and I must say it worked very well. On
a NS3.0 (beta) machine connected to a multi-segment Ethernet running
both TCP/IP and EtherTalk (several zones), and connections to a number
of PhoneTalk segments, I simply enabled AppleTalk and then went into
PrintManager and defined a new printer. Switching to AppleTalk
correctly identified the available zones, and clicking on a zone
identified the printers available in this zone. I selected the
printers I wanted and went back to business. No hassle at all.

I dunno about file sharing stuff, but the ability to use AppleTalk and
*especially* EtherTalk based network printers right out of the box
saves a lot of trouble. And things really went smoothly on this one.

/Lars
--
Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | It takes an uncommon mind to think of
CS Dept., Aalborg Univ., DENMARK. | these things.  -- Calvin

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