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Everything about AppleTalk
Computer networking protocol suite
AppleTalk is a discontinued proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers. AppleTalk includes a number of features that allow local area networks to be connected with no prior setup or the need for a centralized router or server of any sort. Connected AppleTalk-equipped systems automatically assign addresses, update the distributed namespace, and configure any required inter-networking routing. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: AppleTalkA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Networking the MacintoshThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Kiewit network: a large AppleTalk internetworkCited 1 times
- Go sideways: MacIPA closely related topic
- Go sideways: TOPS (file server)A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Networking the MacintoshBill Woodcock · 1993
Inside AppleTalkGursharan S. Sidhu · 1989
Planning and managing AppleTalk networks · 1991
Routing in today's internetworksMark Dickie · 1994- 📕Troubleshooting AppletalkKurt Vandersluis · 1992
Inside AppleTalkGursharon S Sidnu · 1990
AppleTalk network system overviewInc Apple Computer · 1989- 📕Inside AppleTalkGursharon S. Sidnu · 1989
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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