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> AppleTalk is a discontinued proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers. Wut? Can you explain for dum

• gregsadetsky 3d ago
  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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTalk
  • rrr_oh_man 3d ago
    How does TailTalk relate to this? Does it re-implement it?
    • gregsadetsky 3d ago
      Yep, looks like it - it's a from-scratch reimplementation that you can use in your own software to talk to devices on AppleTalk networks.
    • wpm 3d ago
      Using TailTalk on my modern Mac, I can expose a file share accessible to my Macintosh Plus, which has a simulated SCSI Ethernet adapter bridged to a Pi Pico 2W's wireless connection via a BlueSCSI.
• nxobject 3d ago
  If this comparison helps: before deprecation, the last practical use for AppleTalk was file sharing, e.g. legacy Time Machine. Apple dropped it, and encourages SMB and WebDAV.
  • arm 3d ago
    More information on that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Filing_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Filing_Protocol