LocalTalk PC Card: How to Configure It for TOPS



TOPS documentation claims support for the LocalTalk PC Card. I want to
communicate through the card from a PC using TOPS. Although TOPS claims
support for the card, their technical support group could not tell us how the
card must be configured. Can you help?

TOPS Technical Support told us how to configure their software for use with the
LocalTalk PC Card. The most common problem encountered in this situation is
that some required software is not included with the LocalTalk PC Card.
AppleShare PC and the LocalTalk PC Card were originally shipped as a package.
They are now separate items.

Users of the TOPS card should have an AUTOEXEC.BAT file that looks like this:

ALAP
PSTACK
TOPSTALK
TOPSKRNL

Users of the LocalTalk PC Card should have an AUTOEXEC.BAT file that looks like
this:

LSL
LTALKP
ATALK
COMPAT
TOPSTALK
TOPSKRNL

Note that the first two files for the TOPS card user are replaced by the first
four files shown for the LocalTalk PC Card user. The .COM files associated
with the names above are included with AppleShare PC.

After starting up with the above AUTOEXEC.BAT file on disk, run TOPS menu and
proceed as described in the TOPS documentation.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012