puglia@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Paul Puglia) (05/22/91)
Does anyone know of a sys v 386 either release 3.2 or 4 driver for the apple appletalk pc card? Also does anyone know how to get technical info from apple to write such a beastie if one wanted to? Thanks in Advance Paul Puglia Dept of Civil Engineering Columbia University
sblair@upurbmw.dell.com (Steve Blair) (05/22/91)
In article <1991May21.174134.13639@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, puglia@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Paul Puglia) writes: |> Does anyone know of a sys v 386 either release 3.2 or 4 driver for the |> apple appletalk pc card? Also does anyone know how to get technical info |> from apple to write such a beastie if one wanted to? I for one would be quite hesitant on writing such a beast. You've got to deal with many layers of s/w, connectivity that has dynamic(unless assigned) addressing schemes, etc... It would be easier to port CAP(Columbia Appletalk Protocol), or purchase a commercially available product such as Kshare/Print from mt. xinu... Remember, you've got IP going on as well on your machine. You'd have to have a driver written that would span 3 layers of protocols, and that would be quite a challenge. Furthermore, you could just go *buy* a Gatorbox, and have to do almost nothing............. -- Steve Blair DELL UNIX DIVISION sblair@upurbmw.dell.com ================================================================ *Notice: "/earth is 98% full, please delete anyone you can...." -anonymous @dell.com
leburg@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Brian Pierson) (05/23/91)
In article <20226@uudell.dell.com> sblair@upurbmw.dell.com (Steve Blair) writes: >In article <1991May21.174134.13639@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, puglia@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Paul Puglia) writes: >|> Does anyone know of a sys v 386 either release 3.2 or 4 driver for the >I for one would be quite hesitant on writing such a beast. You've got to >deal with many layers of s/w, connectivity that has dynamic(unless >assigned) addressing schemes, etc... > Just a note on these, Farallon purchased the right to produce these cards from Apple and is now marketing them. I would contact them instead of Apple.