[comp.protocols.appletalk] LocalTalk for MicroChannel

lutz@solace.psych.rochester.edu (Dave Lutz) (11/09/90)

  Has anyone had any experience using DayStar's LocalTalk PC card for
microchannel PS/2's?

  I have heard that it works fairly well with PCShare on a LocalTalk network,
but I'd like information on some of the networking programs that work on top of
PCShare.  In particular, will SU-PC/IP and/or NCSA Telnet work properly with
this card?  I'd also like to know how it works with TOPS, but that is less
important since we don't use it much here.

  I know that the standard distribution of NCSA Telnet doesn't work with
LocalTalk, but the modified version with the ltalk driver works fine for ISA
machines.

  If anyone has information about other LocalTalk cards for microchannel
systems, I'd like to hear about them as well.

Dave Lutz
ArpaNet: lutz@psych.rochester.edu
BITNET:  lutz@uordbv

lutz@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Dave Lutz) (12/06/90)

  I posted a few weeks ago asking for info about DayStar LocalTalk cards for
MicroChannel systems.  In particular, I was interested in knowing if the cards
worked correctly with NCSA Telnet and SU-PCIP.

  I got a few responses, and I'm happy to report that the cards seem to work
well with both of these products.  They should also work with the standard
localtalk networking programs.

  I also got a report that another company (Dayna Communications, Inc.) also
sells a LocalTalk card for Microchannel.  I haven't got a recent price on
DayStar's cards, but based on my old price list it looks like this card sells
for roughly the same price (both are close to $400).

  The info on Dayna Communications was sent from DAYNA@cc.utah.edu.  You can
probably contact them for more info if you are interested.

  Thanks to: David Avery, Grant Jones, and Brian Pierson for their responses.

Dave Lutz
lutz@psych.rochester.edu 

kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) (12/07/90)

I am sure that someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I think that the
Dayna product = the DayStar product.  In fact DayStar is no longer in business
and Dayna picked up their product line.  I seem to remember that this happened
about 1.5 years ago...  Anyone know if I am wrong?

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