Re: Apple IIgs/OS

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labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth) wrote:

>> >Are there ether adapters for these boxen?
>> 
>> There is an ethernet capable core in System 6.0.1 for
>> the IIGS, but it is disabled because Apple canned the
>> Apple II Ethernet card just before it was released.
>> 
>> SCSI to ethernet adapters are a possibility, but someone
>> has to write a driver for the Apple High Speed SCSI
>> card to work with one first.  The RAMFast SCSI card
>> can't do it because it has a hacked implementation of
>> SCSI.
>
>How hard would it be to 're enable' the ethernet code if an ethernet card
>were ever made?

System 6.0.1 is missing the Ethernet Control Panel, the
driver, and some of the supporting files that would allow
it to boot over the network.  I figure if the files are
supplied and an Apple IIGS Ethernet card plugged in,
it'll work.

Of course if the intent is to use an SCSI to Ethernet
adapter, the driver and some of the other stuff would
probably have to be rewritten.

>I actually know someone who claims that they have a (prototype release?)
>apple IIgs ethernet card. He said it looks very hacky, not final-release
>type thing.

I would actually not mind knowing more about this card.
According to everything I've read about it, the card
was ready to ship when Apple pulled the plug.  However,
I do know that someone has a self hacked ISA to Apple
Bus slot adapter that he uses to run a DOS PC Ethernet
card on the IIGS.