#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

While everyone I know is talking about the stock market, I'm over here running tcpdumps to capture Appletalk traffic trying to figure out why my netatalk fileserver only sometimes appears in Chooser and then when does why it can't connect the share on my MacPlus with a TashTalk over LocalTalk.

#appletalk #netatalk #macintosh #retrocomputing #localtalk

I had been pondering the past few weeks of what other apps made use of AppleTalk.

Yesterday, as I was testing something unrelated in my local setup, I remembered that Apple's own remote control software runs over AppleTalk. I've used it years ago, and am now wondering if it would work in the scale of GlobalTalk.

It's called Network Assistant. The version I have installed is v3.5. The target computer needs at least System 7.1, and the admin computer needs System 7.6.1.

#globaltalk #appletalk

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.

It is 100% a port/socket binding condition in Basilisk II. I cross-strapped the OS7 and OS8 instances on both devices to use alternating UDP ports 6066 and 6067. Now both instances on both machines can connect to the other with AppleTalk.

#Marchintosh
#BasiliskII
#AppleTalk

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

With all the people playing with #appletalk and #globaltalk, I'm reminded of when I worked for Apple in the early 1990s, in the "pre IP" days when we ran a global AppleTalk network where you could mount a file server from Cupertino in London. Slowly.

It was a time.

AppleTalk is what drives me to drink

#appletalk #retrocomputing #globaltalk #macintosh

Wow. I watch people having fun exploring #GlobalTalk and, as someone who had to work with #AppleTalk professionally for years, all I can think is, "Brrr… Too soon, man. Too soon."

"#AppleTalk is a local area network (LAN) that can tie up to 32 Macs or peripherals together... Few offices need to push the network to its limits, which is just as well, because all AppleTalk can realistically handle is between 8 and 10 nodes." (Mar '86) https://systemtalk.org/post/macintosh-history-8603/#the-seeds-of-appletalk

Wrote a post on how I setup and use Basilisk II with my Macintosh Plus to share blog posts written in MacWrite over AppleTalk and do other important work like playing Myst.

https://www.ecliptik.com/Live,-Laugh,-Localtalk-with-Basilisk-II/

#macintosh #vintagemac #retrocompuing #localtalk #appletalk #basilisk

EDIT: They have found a home.
#Free to a good home: A bunch of Digital Ocean Grouper wireless LocalTalk networking units. Three 100LT units with four batteries and AC adaptors. Includes manuals, warranty cards, and software on floppies. :apple_inc: 💾 📶
#Macintosh #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #LocalTalk #AppleTalk #Wireless