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From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn)
Subject: Re: System 7 & AppleTalk Phase II
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References: <1991Jun20.153638.25622@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
Date: 20 Jun 91 19:02:30 GMT
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In article <1991Jun20.153638.25622@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> 
           brian@galileo.uucp (Brian Donnell [PT4]) writes:
> However, System 7 Macs connected directly to the Ethernet must use EtherTalk
> Phase II protocols.  To communicate with other Macs using LocalTalk, your
> LocalTalk/Ethernet gateway (such as a Fastpath) must understand Phase II
> EtherTalk.

This is not true.  You can use plain Ethernet support, it's just that the  
drivers do not come with system 7.  If you drop in the Ethernet file from your  
old system and select it via the Network cdev.  It works fine on my Mac IIci  
here at work (with an Apple ethernet card).  I'm running it with MacTCP 1.0.1  
and system 7, and haven't had any problems.
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Garance Alistair Drosehn   = gad@rpi.edu  or  gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;  Troy NY  USA
