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Re: Assigning Appletalk no port

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From: Alan W. Frame
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 00:00
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ric <btgsch@rmplc.co.uk> wrote:

> Paul Womar <Newsmaster@pwomar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Is there any way to enable Appletalk but not assign it to any port?  I
> > want to use the SIMS mail server which requires that Appletalk be
> > enabled but I have no local netywork to connect to and no spare ports,
> > it works fine if I select the printer port but it's a PITA turning AT on
> > and off when I want to use the printer.  
> > Any ideas?
> 
> IIRC There's an extension somewhere called local only, which allows
> this.

Wasn't that part of ARA to allow a local Appltalk printer/local AT
services to work correctly when ARA was active?

There might be a technote on it on www.apple.com.

rgds, Alan
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