21 points | by zdw 15 hours ago
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Also, just learned of GlobalTalk ie people bridging their AppleTalk network to the Internet! https://marchintosh.com/globaltalk.html
Have been waiting for something like this so I could decommission my old Raspberry Pi Netatalk solution. Thank you!
> AppleTalk is a discontinued proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers.
Wut? Can you explain for dumb people?
AppleTalk is a protocol that was used on classic/vintage Macs (think: early/late 1980s, 1990s) to create local networks. The wikipedia page [0] has a good historical overview, including the parallel rise of ethernet / tcp/ip (which won).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTalk
Also, just learned of GlobalTalk ie people bridging their AppleTalk network to the Internet! https://marchintosh.com/globaltalk.html
Have been waiting for something like this so I could decommission my old Raspberry Pi Netatalk solution. Thank you!
> AppleTalk is a discontinued proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers.
Wut? Can you explain for dumb people?
AppleTalk is a protocol that was used on classic/vintage Macs (think: early/late 1980s, 1990s) to create local networks. The wikipedia page [0] has a good historical overview, including the parallel rise of ethernet / tcp/ip (which won).
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTalk