Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!decvax!bellcore!petrus!magic!nvc!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!ulysses!ucbvax!WILLIAMS.BITNET!WITLICKI From: WITLICKI@WILLIAMS.BITNET Newsgroups: mod.protocols.appletalk Subject: Serial Servers Message-ID: <8511060407.AA28177@ucb-vax.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 23:07:33 EST Article-I.D.: ucb-vax.8511060407.AA28177 Posted: Tue Nov 5 23:07:33 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 03:17:49 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 24 Approved: info-applebus@ucbvax.berkeley.edu I have been looking at maybe writing a serial sever box for Appletalk. (i.e. a quick prototype - use a Macwith ATalk in one port and serial RS-232 out another..) The use might be for 4 or 20 Macs on a local twisted pair AppleTalk net to contend for 1 or maybe 4 outgoing modem or vaxports or .... I've talked to Rich Brown at Dartmouth about using their work (KSP - Kiewit Stream Protocol) which is okay with Rich but it is only a start, not merely a weekend hack to get what i want... (you have to write the accompanying terminal emulator which talks over AppleTalk instead of the serial port for example...) My question is: Is anybody working on an Appletalk serial server box - either as a commercial product or as an academic sharable item??? - Randy Witlicki Networks and Micros Support Williams College Williamstown, MA 01267 (413) 597-3073 preferred network address: witlicki%williams.bitnet@wiscvm.arpa P.S. does anybody know of any IBM PC AppleTalk cards on the market ?