daanvdl
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What is AirTalk?
AirTalk is a dongle that extends a LocalTalk (or PhoneNet, or equivalent) network over WiFi.
AirTalk is a device designed by @cheesestraws and make use of the TashTalk PIC controller created by @tashtari .
AirTalk is user friendly and plug and play.
It requires no software on the Mac or LocalTalk device to use it, the Chooser extension only sets it up, so it will work with things like printers or routers as well as with Macs.
You can even connect to a Mini vMac emulator (with the beta LocaLTalk option enabled) on your WiFi network!
It has a serial port, where you can either plug in a modem cable to a single LocalTalk device (Mac, printer, router, etc) or plug a LocalTalk or PhoneNet box in to add it to the end of a whole LocalTalk network. It can either get its power from Micro USB or from an ADB passthrough.
Again, This project did never exists without all hard work of @cheesestraws (Hardware + Software) and @tashtari (LocalTalk controller).
In the next few days i will finish and share a small website for buying a complete AirTalk, DIY kits and the needed programming accessoires.
I am going to sell these on non-profit base, but I need to earn back the investment of making this possible.
My time is limited, but i will try to wrap up and finish all the work as soon as possible.
More info will follow.
Happy AirTalking!

AirTalk is a dongle that extends a LocalTalk (or PhoneNet, or equivalent) network over WiFi.
AirTalk is a device designed by @cheesestraws and make use of the TashTalk PIC controller created by @tashtari .
AirTalk is user friendly and plug and play.
It requires no software on the Mac or LocalTalk device to use it, the Chooser extension only sets it up, so it will work with things like printers or routers as well as with Macs.
You can even connect to a Mini vMac emulator (with the beta LocaLTalk option enabled) on your WiFi network!
It has a serial port, where you can either plug in a modem cable to a single LocalTalk device (Mac, printer, router, etc) or plug a LocalTalk or PhoneNet box in to add it to the end of a whole LocalTalk network. It can either get its power from Micro USB or from an ADB passthrough.
Again, This project did never exists without all hard work of @cheesestraws (Hardware + Software) and @tashtari (LocalTalk controller).
In the next few days i will finish and share a small website for buying a complete AirTalk, DIY kits and the needed programming accessoires.
I am going to sell these on non-profit base, but I need to earn back the investment of making this possible.
My time is limited, but i will try to wrap up and finish all the work as soon as possible.
More info will follow.
Happy AirTalking!
