Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] IP-only netatalk [formerly:Network Server 700 and netatalk]
From: Andrew McNabb (amcnabb@argus-systems.com)
Date: Mon Apr 06 1998 - 13:39:55 EDT
This discussion has come up before. The one other thing that appletalk is
useful for is for broadcasting.
On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Casey Bisson wrote:
> > Although this might only provide limited capabilities, but what about a
> > stripped, TCP/IP only netatalk. There were considerations on the list
> > before; has anyone actually started to do it?
>
> As a non-programmer type, I'm curious what functionality could be preserved
> without appletalk. The MacOS can be an IP-only AppleShare client, and IP printing
> is now supported. What else was AppleTalk needed for?
>
> Could an IP-only AppleTalk be ported to platforms that currently do not support
> Netatlk, like DEC Unix?
>
> TIA,
>
> Casey Bisson
> Information Technology
> Plymouth State College
>
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