Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!voder!apple!rmh From: rmh@apple.UUCP (Rick Holzgrafe) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: AppleTalk is now called LocalTalk! Message-ID: <6927@apple.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 18:08:45 EST Article-I.D.: apple.6927 Posted: Mon Dec 7 18:08:45 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 13-Dec-87 01:36:32 EST References: <1477@aecom.YU.EDU> <6916@apple.UUCP> Reply-To: rmh@apple.UUCP (Rick Holzgrafe) Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 32 Keywords: TCP/IP Conference Xref: mnetor comp.protocols.appletalk:299 comp.sys.mac:10794 In article <6916@apple.UUCP> rmh@apple.UUCP (Rick Holzgrafe) writes: > [...] "AppleTalk", which is a set of network >protocols. (*Sigh*) Some days, it just don't pay to get out of bed. Not three hours after I posted the above, a memo came down from on high pointing out that AppleTalk is not *just* a set of network protocols. AppleTalk is a network *system* which *includes* a full-function suite of network protocols. ("So what's the difference?" I hear you ask.) The difference is that when you buy a Mac, you get the AppleTalk *system*: a complete set of drivers, hardware, and system software for running AppleTalk over the Apple Personal Network. This includes accessing printers and AppleShare file servers and other goodies, all built-in, no installation necessary. (I'm speaking of the users' workstations, of course. Server and spooler software you gotta buy separate, and they take just a wee bit of installation on their host machines.) (BTW, the Apple Thought Police won't come after you if you misuse the term "AppleTalk". But they WILL come after ME!! :-) Sorry if the above sounds more like advertising copy than proper net discussion. Having put my foot in my mouth trying to explain a distinction we at Apple think is important, I now need to pry it out and correct myself. (Sound like a popping champagne cork, accompanied by painful, muffled grunting...) ========================================================================== Rick Holzgrafe | {sun,voder,nsc,mtxinu,dual}!apple!rmh Communications Software Engineer | AppleLink HOLZGRAFE1 (I don't look often) Apple Computer, Inc. | "All opinions expressed are mine, and do 20525 Mariani Ave. MS: 27-Y | not necessarily represent those of my Cupertino, CA 95014 | employer, Apple Computer Inc."