I've pretty much agreed that I'm going to go with PhoneNet. I was trying to
work on the principle that when you're restoring a VW Beetle, you want to
go with real VW parts if you can and only buy from J.C. Whitney if you
must. But the overwhelming weight of the argument seems to favor PhoneNet
and if I wasn't willing to take the advice, I wouldn't have asked for it.
Sp00ky
At 04:58 PM 6/14/2002 -0400, the pickle wrote:
>At 15:28 -0500 on 14/06/02, Spiritus ex Machina wrote:
>
> >OK, which is which?
> >
> >AppleTalk - the protocol?
> >
> >LocalTalk - the hardware (Apple-branded, with 3-pin connectors on the
> >cabling)?
> >
> >PhoneNet - the hardware (non-Apple, with modular phone lines for cabling)?
>
>Correct.
>
> >I would prefer to use Apple-branded hardware with my Macs. However, I have
>
>No you don't. Apple's LocalTalk gear is ridiculously hard to use compared
>to PhoneNet, mostly because it's difficult to get sufficient cabling for
>it. Just go with PhoneNet; it's quite reliable and VERY inexpensive to set
>up. And if you kill a cable a replacement is just a quick crimp away :)
>
>the pickle
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