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Re:Hacking up a fix for the broken AppleTalk kernel module i... by duskwuff on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:59AM (#24027147)
And you don't even need the AppleTalk module for AFP. (I don't think modern macOS even supports AppleTalk anymore.) AppleTalk only comes into play when you're dealing with really old Mac systems which didn't support AFP-over-TCP yet.
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Re:Hacking up a fix for the broken AppleTalk kernel module i... by joezydeco on Sunday August 02, 2020 @09:52AM (#24028705)
What hardware do you use to connect the two?
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Re:Hacking up a fix for the broken AppleTalk kernel module i... by rjsw on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:33AM (#24028935)
All the things described are running over ethernet, there isn't any special hardware.

The kernel module implements the stuff described in the sections on EtherTalk and AppleTalk phase II on this [1] wiki page.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTalk

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Re:Hacking up a fix for the broken AppleTalk kernel module i... by joezydeco on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:48AM (#24029032)
So just a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge?
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Re:Hacking up a fix for the broken AppleTalk kernel module i... by rjsw on Sunday August 02, 2020 @11:14AM (#24029206)
No, the old Macintosh uses its ethernet controller to connect to the Linux server, LocalTalk isn't used.
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Re:Hacking up a fix for the broken AppleTalk kernel module i... by joezydeco on Sunday August 02, 2020 @12:47PM (#24029754)
I see.

When the article mentioned AppleTalk I envisioned a way to get files off of my old SE using something that hooked into the ADB networking ports.

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Re:Hacking up a fix for the broken AppleTalk kernel module i... by dougg3 on Sunday August 02, 2020 @01:21PM (#24029992)
That too is possible (serial ports though, not ADB). There are existing LocalTalk-to-Ethernet bridge products from long ago that are getting harder and harder to find. I was actually working on a new one for a while but ran out of the time/motivation to finish it up. https://mac68k.info/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=275&start=0&...
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Re:Hacking up a fix for the broken AppleTalk kernel module i... by joezydeco on Sunday August 02, 2020 @03:58PM (#24031207)
Great info, thanks
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Re:Hacking up a fix for the broken AppleTalk kernel module i... by rjsw on Sunday August 02, 2020 @01:19PM (#24029982)
You wouldn't use an ADB port, LocalTalk used the printer port.

For your SE you could get an ethernet adapter that plugged into the SCSI port or a PDS card to go inside the case.

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