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Le Mac et les réseaux : AppleTalk, le réseau simple comme bonjour http://dlvr.it/TV2c6J #AppleTalk #Mac

@billgoats but Apple SWIM floppy support is being improved in Linux! If you can no longer use #AppleTalk there's always a floppy. 💾 https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-2026-Apple-SWIM-Floppy

@billgoats

Haha, that would be a blast.

I'm afraid I haven't owned any #AppleTalk-capable equipment in 13 years, sadly.

I miss my old Mac SE.

🐧 Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support

｢ Apple itself ended their AppleTalk support back in 2009. Now 17 years later, the Linux kernel is ending AppleTalk support due to a recent surge of AI-generated patches. ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drops-AppleTalk

#linux #kernel #appletalk #retrocomputing #opensource

Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support in Linux 7.2

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drops-AppleTalk

#linux #apple #appletalk #networking

Dix-sept ans après Apple, Linux se débarrasse de l'AppleTalk http://dlvr.it/TT56TP #AppleTalk #GNU

The end of an era. 👋 Goodbye #AppleTalk in the Linux kernel. @billgoats https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drops-AppleTalk

I got bored of trying to make AppleTalk sing and dance on Windows NT and 2000 so I switched to an OS with a good native implementation: IRIX. :sgi:​

#GlobalTalk #MARCHintosh #SiliconGraphics #SGI #IRIX #AppleTalk #AUNIXSystemIKnowThis

A personal history about #AppleTalk and #SunMicrosystems

https://akapugs.blog/2020/03/21/680/

#MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk

I've been messing around with AppleTalk on Windows 2000 via C and C++, two languages I'm just not proficient in and not super enthused about learning. I was considering doing this in Rust, a language I am more enthusiastic about. Just to make sure I wasn't reinventing a wheel, I did a little search for doing cross-platform AppleTalk with Rust and someone published a WIP project *yesterday* that does exactly this!

https://github.com/FeralFirmware/TailTalk

My goal, I think, is to be able to write most of this on Linux and cross-compile for Win32

#MARCHintosh #AppleTalk #Rust

#MARCHintosh is approaching! Here’s some of my prep. #AppleTalk #GlobalTalk

https://youtu.be/J4uWCmDMxHg?si=9xm-1RI3t4km_NQj

#MARCHintosh is approaching! Here’s some of my prep. #AppleTalk #GlobalTalk youtu.be/J4uWCmDMxHg?...

AsantePrint for MARCHintosh

@vga256 @byteknight Indisnt even know you could access a BBS via #appletalk. How do I accomplish this given I have multiple Macs on #globaltalk ?

#Netatalk 4.2.2 has been released (#libatalk / #AFP / #AppleFilingProtocol / #AppleTalkFilingProtocol / #AppleTalk / #AppleShare / #AppleTimeMachine / #AppleTimeCapsule / #AirPortTimeCapsule) https://netatalk.sourceforge.io/

@mroach @kalleboo I managed to bring up a Microsoft Mail 3.0 server in the Digitopolis zone. The server is a faceless background extension; all configuration happens in the client by logging into the magic "Network Manager" account with a magic default password (which I changed, obviously.) When new mail comes in, you get a big notification alert.

#GlobalTalk #AppleTalk #MARCHintosh

While reading MSDN Library 2001 I came across mention that Exchange Server 5.5 supports AppleTalk.

I setup Exchange 5.5 and tried to find some version of MIcrosoft Mail for Macintosh that would work and/or do something, but ended up destroying my MacOS 9.2 virtual machine instead.

I just wanted to bring enterprise-grade mail services to the network :[

#AppleTalk #WindowsNT

I found documentation for AppleTalk on Windows 2000 to be a bit scattered and there are some gotchas along the way, so I documented my findings so far.

Once I figure out the guest file access issue on 2000, I'll have found feature parity between it and NT 4.

https://mroach.com/2025/04/windows-2000-and-appletalk/

#appletalk #windows2000

Making some progress here getting Windows 2000 and SQL Server 200 onto AppleTalk and eventually GlobalTalk thanks to jrouter.

This is new and exciting networking activity.

#Windows2000 #SQLServer #AppleTalk #GlobalTalk #Apple

A pair of neat #AppleTalk posters are up on Mercari, a shame they want $70 each(!!) for them

#VintageApple #GlobalTalk

My final project for #MARCHintosh 2025. Sitting on the couch downloading an app to my #Newton #eMate over wifi from my workshop server that is 5 miles away on a different zone on #globaltalk.

Seems simple by today’s standards but that took a lot of retro tech to make it happen.

2x LC475 (AIR routers)
1x Original Airport Basestation
1x clamshell iBook to setup BS
1x rebuilt eMate battery plus eMate hinge repair
1x PCMCIA wifi card that would support #appletalk

That is a Mic drop for me.

3com 3server (1985)
#silicium collection
Serveur propriétaire du début des réseaux locaux était un NAS sans terminal sous 3+share,80186,MS-DOS custom mais incompatible PC.
Partage HD et PRT, #Ethernet, #AppleTalk ou #Tokenring
Et vous, quels furent vos 1ers réseaux locaux ?

Finally joined the #globaltalk today! A gopher log entry is forthcoming, but this moment was many-fails-in-the-making… hard drives, power supplies, ink cartridges… Feels great to enjoy classic #AppleTalk networking with friends again. :) Happy #MARCHintosh, all!

Mind you, my main contribution in that era was one of the earliest "online" travel applications written for internal Apple use. I'd argue it's still easier to use than anything on the web. We basically fronted SABRE with a full Mac OS experience. #appletalk #globaltalk