robin-fo
Well-known member
Hi AppleTalk enthusiasts,
Does anybody know something about the AppleTalk Boot Protocol (ABP)? It appears to be implemented in the Macintosh ROM, has a DDP type of 10 (0x0A) and does NBP lookups for "BootServer" type.
The IIsi's developer note also references a network boot mode which probably is related to this:
I know that some Apple ][ can boot from AppleTalk, but I wasn't aware early Macs could do this, too...
Does anybody know something about the AppleTalk Boot Protocol (ABP)? It appears to be implemented in the Macintosh ROM, has a DDP type of 10 (0x0A) and does NBP lookups for "BootServer" type.
The IIsi's developer note also references a network boot mode which probably is related to this:
Was there any software released that supports this?Network booting
The Macintosh IIsi computer is designed to provide future support for network booting (for example, starting up from a file server rather than an internal disk drive). You can use the Control Panel to set a flag in the ADB microcontroller that causes the system to start up over a communications network such as Ethernet or LocalTalk®. This feature is particularly useful in classroom situations where everyone has to start up from the same system image.
I know that some Apple ][ can boot from AppleTalk, but I wasn't aware early Macs could do this, too...