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From: rmh@apple.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: AppleTalk is now called LocalTalk!
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Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 12:54:44 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  7 12:54:44 1987
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In article <1477@aecom.YU.EDU> naftoli@aecom.YU.EDU (Robert N. Berlinger) writes:
>Just thought you'd be interested to know that Apple has decided
>to rename AppleTalk to LocalTalk.  I guess this is because "AppleTalk"
>is not the only "Talk" anymore (e.g., EtherTalk).

Right.  The rename is mainly to avoid a confusion between the "Apple
Personal Network" (the little white cables that hook together your Macs,
LaserWriters, and so on) and "AppleTalk", which is a set of network
protocols.

Used to be, AppleTalk ran only on the Apple Personal Network, so there was
little need to distinguish them.  They were lumped together and both
called "AppleTalk".

But now, AppleTalk runs on a variety of different media.  The only part that
changes is the Link Access Protocol; the higher-level protocols are unchanged.
The entire protocol stack is called "LocalTalk" when it runs over the
Apple Personal Network; "EtherTalk" when it runs over EtherNet.  One can
also run AppleTalk over other media such as phone lines and fiber optic
cable; these have no special names from Apple because they're not Apple
products.

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