Editing AppleTalk (section)

===AppleNet===
After the release of the [[Apple Lisa]] computer in January 1983, Apple invested considerable effort in the development of a [[local area network]]ing (LAN) system for the machines. Known as '''AppleNet''', it was based on the seminal [[Xerox XNS]] [[protocol stack]]<ref>{{cite magazine |first=John |last=Markoff |author-link=John Markoff |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-C8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 |title=Apple plans slower, affordable local area network |magazine=[[InfoWorld]] |date=14 February 1983 |page=14}}</ref> but running on a custom 1&nbsp;Mbit/s [[coaxial cable]] system rather than Xerox's 2.94&nbsp;Mbit/s [[Ethernet]]. AppleNet was announced early in 1983 with a full introduction at the target price of $500 for plug-in AppleNet cards for the Lisa and the [[Apple II]].{{sfn|Oppenheimer|2004|loc=Slide 3}}

At that time, early LAN systems were just coming to market, including [[Ethernet]], [[Token Ring]], [[Econet]], and [[ARCNET]]. This was a topic of major commercial effort at the time, dominating shows like the [[National Computer Conference]] (NCC) in Anaheim in May 1983. All of the systems were jockeying for position in the market, but even at this time, Ethernet's widespread acceptance suggested it was to become a ''de facto'' standard.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Ahl |author-link=David Ahl |url=http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n8/188_1983_National_Computer_Co.php |title=1983 National Computer Conference, May 16-19, Anaheim, California |magazine=[[Creative Computing (magazine)|Creative Computing]] |date=August 1983 |page=188}}</ref> It was at this show that [[Steve Jobs]] asked Gursharan Sidhu a seemingly innocuous question: "Why has networking not caught on?"{{sfn|Sidhu|Andrews|Oppenheimer|1989|p=xxiii}}

Four months later, in October, AppleNet was cancelled. At the time, they announced that "Apple realized that it's not in the business to create a networking system. We built and used AppleNet in-house, but we realized that if we had shipped it, we would have seen new standards coming up."{{sfn|Bartimo|1984|p=45}} In January, Jobs announced that they would instead be supporting [[IBM]]'s Token Ring, which he expected to come out in a "few months".{{sfn|Bartimo|1984|p=45}}