Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!amdahl!nsc!voder!apple!rmh From: rmh@apple.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: AppleTalk is now called LocalTalk! Message-ID: <6916@apple.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 12:54:44 EST Article-I.D.: apple.6916 Posted: Mon Dec 7 12:54:44 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 16:49:57 EST References: <1477@aecom.YU.EDU> Reply-To: rmh@apple.UUCP (Rick Holzgrafe) Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 28 Keywords: TCP/IP Conference Xref: utgpu comp.protocols.appletalk:272 comp.sys.mac:9534 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. ========================================================================== 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."