[G4] AppleTalk - What for now?

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings ( + )!( + )

On Aug 16, 2005, at 1:02 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:

> At 09:03 -0400 8/16/05, Dale Hoffman wrote:
>> What is AppleTalk good for anymore?
>> Is there any advantage to activating it on a network consisting of 
>> OSX machines?
>
> I believe AppleTalk is still present in 10.4 for the purpose of 
> connecting to printers.
>
> Some repairs were made between 10.4.0 and 10.4.1 to support some 
> connectivity with peecees.
>
> You cannot connect to any Mac with AppleTalk over Ethernet with any 
> version of 10.4. Steve has willed it that way and it's the reason I 
> remain at 10.3.9 and am busy learning Linux.
>
> Consider FTP over Ethernet for moving files to and from orphaned Macs. 
> With OS neXt and its propensity for ignoring resource forks and HFS 
> metadata (type and creator) in favor of filename extensions you'll not 
> lose much.
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Some where around the G4 platforms Apple no longer included a local 
talk interface. So the activation for local talk is only for the older 
platforms.

Best Regards, /\*_*/\

Harry (*^_^*)

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