See below, plz.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Finnegan" <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > The baseband frequency, BTW doesn't impact the CPU, at least not on the
> > systems I'm familiar with, since the NIC recognizes traffic for the local
> > address and only that has to be dealt with. That's done at the CPU's
> > pleasure.
>
> Yeah, but 1) there's no way you'd come close to saturating a 1Gbit pipe
> with your Performa and 2) it makes more sense to use a network switch that
> can deal with different speeds than a single backbone of 'excessive'
> speed. In fact, to use junky old Ethernet's CSMA/CD collision detection
> on a 'bus' version that fast would require a VERY short bus length,
> negating any advantages I could see for using such a fast networking
> topology.
>
First of all, it's not necessary that the MAC be capable of the highest
bandwidth. I was just curious what's out there. Secondly, for a 5-6 staton
LAN, including servers, it makes little sense to have lots of
switching/routing hardware and a complex topology. Right now, what's active
is one of two servers and a single station (this one). I get inquiries about
the 10Gb and faster hardware from time to time, and, having not even ventured,
in any sense, into the 1 Gb stuff, I'm just looking around.
>
> Still, I guess it would be a very interesting sight.
>
> > So, if I want to put standard ethernet on this Performa, how does that
work?
>
> 1) Insert NIC into LC PDS slot
> 2) Turn on mac, connect ethernet cable, and configure the 'AppleTalk'
> control panel to use Ethernet instead of the modem or printer port.
>
... and what's an LC PDS slot? What's a suitable NIC that's common enough I
might see one?
>
> > What do I have to beg, borrow, steal? If the NT server, as I'm told it
can,
> > talks AppleTalk, does it do that over ethernet?
>
> Yes. It's possible to get a Localtalk card (for connection over the slow
> 230Kbit apple networking), but they're few and far between (besides, I'm
> not sure what OS's they actually work with). However, AppleTalk will run
> 'out of the box' over ethernet on NT. My high school used a couple NT
> servers for all of their Mac systems, so it's definitely doable.
>
> OK, now I really need to try and get some work done.
>
> -- Pat
>
>
Received on Wed May 01 2002 - 09:11:04 BST