[CDG5] LocalTalk thoughts

[Elliot Nunn]

I have half an idea how it works, although I agree it’s convoluted. I’m approaching it like a cracker: get arbitrary code execution then do evil stuff.

> On 19 Jun 2020, at 11:42 am, Jason Duerstock <jason.duerstock at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The AppleTalk resource bits are already compiled and are in
> https://github.com/elliotnunn/mac-rom/blob/master/Misc/AppleTalk.rsrc
> 
> Did you get anywhere with the NetBOOT?  It wasn't really clear to me
> from the source how the boot server was supposed to work.
> 
> Jason
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 8:58 PM Elliot Nunn <elliotnunn at fastmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Very cool project! I second what Daniel said: consider giving it enough protocol stack to support LToUDP.
>> 
>> I don’t think I’ve ever touched the ltlk resources. IIRC they were build separately from the rest of the System, and I’ve never seen the AppleTalk source tree. I will check at home.
>> 
>> BTW something related that I hacked on last night: trying to get the Classic’s NetBOOT driver to work inside Mini vMac.
>> 
>>>> On 19 Jun 2020, at 7:05 am, Jason Duerstock <evilmoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So a friend and I have been taking a stab at trying to figure out how
>>> to make a LocalTalk bridge with the least hardware and fewest
>>> soldering burns.  After learning all the sordid details of the Z8530
>>> chip, FM0 encoding, SDLC, RS-422 and a lot of other voodoo, it
>>> occurred to me that a lot of this pain could be saved if I accepted
>>> that my connection was going to be a short cable and that it was going
>>> to be a point-to-point connection.  Which leads me to my question to
>>> you all:
>>> 
>>> Have any of you looked at any of the "ltlk" resources and any of the
>>> code involved?
>>> 
>>> Jason
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