Re: Apple II Ethernet?

[mkelsey@spam.eecs.wsu.edu]

In article <19980302043700.XAA01179@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
	supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes:
> btomlin@aol.com (Bruce Tomlin) wrote:
>  
>>tonym@NOSPAMcompusource.net wrote:
>>
>>> Isn't it feasibl to use the now plentiful SCSI ethernet adapters (aka,
>>> Asante EN/SC) on the IIgs/IIe's? I have a couple of them, and they don't
>>> work on anything above an '040, so there should be some available in the
>>> used market. just my $.02; feel free to give me change  ;-)
>>
>>You got a 65816 driver for one of those things?  I didn't think so.  :)
> 
> This was suggested before.  The main barrier is the limitations of the
> RamFast card.  The RamFast does not support some features of
> SCSI that these adapters use.  The Apple High Speed does support
> these features, but that means your driver will only work with half the
> GS users out there.  Freeware authors would probably be too bored
> to try writing one while commercial companies won't write for half
> a market.

Doggone it and here I have an Asante EN/SC to play with.  I was hoping
the RamFAST Rev. D would pack enough features to last a life time (sigh).

It still would be interesting to see this work, even if I only have a
stock 1Mhz //e :P  Somehow I think traffic would be lost despite the 
1MB caching.

/\/\ichael

replyto: mkelsey at eecs.wsu.edu