Thanks again, Clark, for the detailed response. AppleTalk over PhoneNet
seems to be the way to go. Unfortunately, I cannot take you up on your
generous offer of hardware support. Although at one time I could be found
near the Rad Lab and People's Park, my locus now is generally found
bobbling around between strange attractors in the upper Midwest.
At 01:44 PM 6/14/2002 -0700, Clark Martin wrote:
>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.
[...snip...]
>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"
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