Editing Netatalk (section)

== AppleTalk ==
In all Netatalk versions except the 3.x release series, the [[AppleTalk|AppleTalk (DDP)]] protocol suite is used to allow Unix-like operating systems to serve also as print ([[AppleTalk#Printer Access Protocol|PAP]] via a [[CUPS]] backend) and time (Timelord)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/readmes/TMLD.README.html |title=Mac Time Client/Server |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=19 February 1996 |website=The University of Melbourne |archive-date=3 March 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303220117/http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/readmes/TMLD.README.html | access-date=12 January 2023 |quote=The tardis/Timelord package allows the Macintosh time to be set over an AppleTalk network from a Macintosh or UNIX/CAP based time server.}}</ref> servers for Macintosh computers.

Networked [[Apple IIe]] and [[Apple IIGS]] computers can be [[network booting|netbooted]] from a Netatalk shared volume. Additionally, a suite of tools for inspecting and manipulating AppleTalk networks, as well as printing to LocalTalk connected printers from modern systems is included.