[comp.sys.sun] Appletalk card for Sparc?

jim@insect.berkeley.edu (06/13/90)

Are there any prospects that we will be seeing an Appletalk card for the
Sparc,  that would allow the Sparcs, Macs and LaserWriters in the same
room to talk to each other without the expense of a K-box?

(One might also ask:  why didn't Sun/TOPS come out with this a year ago?)

Jim Bradley, CNR Computer Facility, UC Berkeley

boissier@cs.utexas.edu (franck boissiere) (06/14/90)

From article <8820@brazos.Rice.edu>, by jim@insect.berkeley.edu:
> Are there any prospects that we will be seeing an Appletalk card for the
> Sparc,  that would allow the Sparcs, Macs and LaserWriters in the same
> room to talk to each other without the expense of a K-box?

Another solution is to put an ethernet card in a Mac with some router
(Liaison or Apple internet router). It is cheaper and works well. You even
get a speed up for file transfer for the Mac with the ethernet card.

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sid@think.com (Sid Stuart) (06/15/90)

In article <8843@brazos.Rice.edu> ccettix!boissier@cs.utexas.edu (franck boissiere) writes:
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>From article <8820@brazos.Rice.edu>, by jim@insect.berkeley.edu:
>> Are there any prospects that we will be seeing an Appletalk card for the
>> Sparc,  that would allow the Sparcs, Macs and LaserWriters in the same
>> room to talk to each other without the expense of a K-box?

Talk to IPT, my salesman is Jack Devalpine (212) 721-5470.

Sid Stuart, Thinking Machines Corp.
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