The wirehark logs make the bitstream look a little cryptic, but it certainly follows *a* pattern that I can see. I just need to do more research on what each "message" across the ethernet wire looks like, document those, and then move onto the serial side to see what the serial side looks like. If they match, i'm a winner and this will be probably be really easy.

I'll do some tests this weekend now that appletalk/netatalk/ethertalk communication is again established in the home base.