Appletalk is still in Tiger, at least in my copy. Open Utilties-
>Printer Setup. Press More Printers. The default is AppleTalk, and
it works perfectly here. As for appletalk in the public domain, the
specs are available, the source is in the OpenDarwin tree, and at
least FreeBSD has a quite good implementation of it, and has had for
years.
-Nathan
On Jun 17, 2005, at 5:48 PM, pegleg wrote:
I am sending this out to several lists because it is an issue that
effects
many Mac users and business owners when they upgrade to Tiger.
Now that Appletalk has been removed from OSX Tiger, I am looking
for solutions
for my older equipment. I would love to here any and all
suggestions. I
imagine many others will be facing this problem as well when they
upgrade to
Tiger.
First are my printers. Both are Apple printers: LaserWriter 16/600
PS and
Color StyleWriter 1500. The StyleWriter was never supported by OSX
even though
I have it hooked to my ethernet network with another Apple product
(Apple
StyleWriter Ethernet Adapter) which works great in OS9.x and
earlier. Is there
any way to keep this as a viable printer on my network?
The LaserWriter has just recently become a problem and only because
Tiger dose
not support AppleTalk. Dose anyone make third party software to
support this
printer over an ethernet network? Or can I hook this computer into
a print
server and go around the Appletalk issue?
Lastly I have several Macs that do not support Appletalk IP. One
the Quadra
630(ATA), I have been using as a file server (small Mac that uses
little power
when left on 24/7.) I would really like to see these in Tiger. Is
there
software that will help: Timbuktu, VNC or another that will allow
me to see
the hard drive and transfer files? Any suggestions may be helpful?
Opinion and gripe coming.
Ok, why did Apple decide to leave AppleTalk out of Tiger? I know it
is an old
and wordy protocol but it has been the networking standard on Macs
for 20
years. This legacy solves many a problem for small business and
home owners. I
can understand that Apple wouldn't want to support third party
legacy products
but these are all Apple brand and Apple created equipment and
protocols.
Leaving Appletalk out is a slap in the face to long time Apple
users who have
supported them with purchases over the years.
Personally, I think Apple should keep straight AppleTalk as an
option as a
show of support for their long time supporters and businesses.
At the very least Apple should release Appletalk into the public
domain so
someone can write an open source implementation for those who need it.
Bob Titus
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