TailTalk: A modern async user space AppleTalk stack with Rust and Tokio

 (github.com)

32 points | by zdw 15 hours ago

4 comments

  • yjftsjthsd-h 33 minutes ago
    In light of https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Drops-AppleTalk , I'm a big fan of replacing the functionality in userspace:) (I've similarly thought that it would be helpful to port as many of Linux's filesystems to FUSE so when they get dropped users can just switch to that)
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    • nxobject 7 minutes ago
      FUSE is great for portability, too – with some work you get macOS, Haiku, the BSDs...
  • gregsadetsky 1 hour ago
    Also, just learned of GlobalTalk ie people bridging their AppleTalk network to the Internet! https://marchintosh.com/globaltalk.html
  • rrr_oh_man 1 hour ago
    > 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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    • nxobject 10 minutes 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.
    • gregsadetsky 1 hour 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

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      • rrr_oh_man 44 minutes ago
        How does TailTalk relate to this? Does it re-implement it?
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        • wpm 32 minutes 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.
        • gregsadetsky 35 minutes 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.
  • codepoet80 1 hour ago
    Have been waiting for something like this so I could decommission my old Raspberry Pi Netatalk solution. Thank you!