At 3:28 PM -0500 6/14/02, Spiritus ex Machina wrote: >Listers, > >OK, which is which? > >AppleTalk - the protocol?
This is the overall protocol which includes LocalTalk, EtherTalk, ARA and TokenTalk. > >LocalTalk - the hardware (Apple-branded, with 3-pin connectors on >the cabling)? > >PhoneNet - the hardware (non-Apple, with modular phone lines for cabling)? > >I would prefer to use Apple-branded hardware with my Macs. However, I have >a chance to get a Farallon ISA AppleTalk card for my Linux box and, as I >understand it, Farallon uses the modular phone cables. Does anyone make >some sort of modular-phone-jack-to-3-pin-connector adapter or are the two >systems electrically as well as physically incompatible? PhoneNet and LocalTalk can be intermixed and Farallon did sell a MiniDIN 3 to RJ-11 adapter. Go with PhoneNet, pretty much everyone, including Apple, did. It is much better in most all respects. If you still want to go LocalTalk and live in the SF Bay Area, let me know. I have a half dozen or more LocalTalk adapters I'd be happy to let go of. I don't think any one does LocalTalk for any flavor of Unix. It isn't worth the effort. Simplest approach is to use Ethernet and then a EtherTalk to LocalTalk bridge or router. The ISA - LocalTalk cards used either a MiniDIN 8 or DE-9 serial port and then required a separate adapter to go to LocalTalk or PhoneNet. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
