>> networks, but they've since been renamed by Apple to 'PhoneNet' because of
>> the satin phone cable you typically use to connect the adaptors together.
>
>Actually, I think 'LocalTalk' is what they now call the serial-connected
>network. Not quite sure where I got 'phonenet' from...
LocalTalk was always technically the cabling system that Apple developed.
It uses a 4 wire round cable and connects to a box that connects to the
serial port of the Mac (traditionally the printer port)
PhoneNet/TeleNet/TeleTalk was always technically the cabling system that
used 2 wires in a phone cable to connect. I believe this was first
developed by TOPS, but I'm probably wrong. Also connected to an adaptor
that connected to the serial port.
Serial was always technically the cabling system where you take a mac
printer cable and connect two macs together with it (AppleTalk over
Serial... wonder why it was never refered to as SerialTalk)
Localtalk has been perverted into meaning any of the above topologies,
and any others that use the serial port on the Mac.
And Farallon perverted the PhoneNet name by using it in one of their
ethernet cards (PhoneNet EN)
-chris
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