Localtalk initialization

[David Boag]

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.

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