> AppleTalk is a discontinued proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers.

Wut? Can you explain for dumb people?

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gregsadetsky 43 minutes ago | parent [-]

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

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rrr_oh_man 28 minutes ago | parent [-]

How does TailTalk relate to this? Does it re-implement it?

	▲	wpm 15 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		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.
	▲	gregsadetsky 19 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		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.