<s>
The	O
Kinetics	O
FastPath	B-Device
was	O
a	O
LocalTalk-to-Ethernet	B-Protocol
bridge	I-Protocol
(	O
now	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
router	O
)	O
created	O
in	O
1985	O
to	O
allow	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
which	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
only	O
had	O
LocalTalk	B-Device
network	O
connections	O
)	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
other	O
computers	O
on	O
Ethernet	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
FastPath	B-Device
was	O
developed	O
to	O
extend	O
AppleTalk	O
on	O
Ethernet	O
for	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
but	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
modeled	O
after	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Stanford	O
Ethernet	O
-	O
AppleTalk	O
Gateway	O
(	O
SEAGATE	O
)	O
created	O
at	O
Stanford	O
University	O
Medical	O
Center	O
by	O
Bill	O
Croft	O
in	O
1984	O
and	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
a	O
few	O
sites	O
used	O
the	O
original	O
SEAGATE	O
multibus	O
hardware	O
as	O
defined	O
,	O
it	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
proof-of-concept	O
and	O
was	O
eclipsed	O
by	O
the	O
Kinetics	O
FastPath	B-Device
and	O
similar	O
hardware	O
gateways	O
by	O
other	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
many	O
university	O
and	O
research	O
FastPath	B-Device
owners	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
Stanford	O
gateway	O
software	O
(	O
later	O
called	O
MacIP	B-Protocol
)	O
inside	O
the	O
Kinetics	O
FastPath	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1987	O
,	O
Apple	O
had	O
begun	O
shipping	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
that	O
were	O
capable	O
of	O
having	O
Ethernet	O
connections	O
directly	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
LocalTalk	B-Device
networking	O
products	O
prospered	O
into	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
plug-and-play	O
networking	O
and	O
the	O
continued	O
existence	O
of	O
popular	O
LocalTalk	B-Device
devices	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
LaserWriter	O
.	O
</s>
