Localtalk initialization

[Chris Foote]

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>Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:49:12 -0400
>Subject: [X Newbies]
>From: David Boag <spikedds at bellsouth.net>
>Message-Id: <CDA72CE3-A713-11D7-81FD-000A27E2C322 at bellsouth.net>
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>This is a follow-up to my previous inquiry about the 75 second pause
>during startup of my dad's G4 in 10.2.6.
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>I spoke with a tech yesterday at a reliable local retailer (not a
>chain), and described the problem and the setup of my dad's machine. He
>said that the pause is normal when you are connecting to a printer
>using an ehternet-to-localtalk bridge. He said that is about how long
>it takes for localtalk to initialize, and that the only reason it seems
>to be long in OS 10 is because the Mac tells you what it is doing
>during startup, and that it still does it in 9, you just don't know
>what it is doing at the time.
>
>Does this explanation hold water?
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>David R. Boag, DDS
>spikedds at bellsouth.net



Something to check for: do a search for "recent servers" and trash 
any in that file. If there is a server it's looking for, it will look 
until it times out.
Chris
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