Re: Etherwave for IIgs (Farallon's Reply)

[mhackett@vaxxine.com (Michael Hackett)]

Eric Dietrich <madsci@tribeca.ios.com> wrote:

> I sent an eMail to Farallon TechSup re: the Etherwave PB adapter on the
> IIgs.  Here is their reply:
>
> ----Start Copied message----
> Date: 29 May 1996 07:54:43 -0700
> From: "Online Reps" <online_reps@farallon.com>
> Subject: RE: EtherWave for Apple IIgs?
> To: "Eric J Dietrich" <madsci@tribeca.ios.com>
>
> [...] This
> software was never tested on a IIgs and is likely to have some problems. The
> driver requires that you have at least 1 meg of RAM available and be running
> System 6.0.5 or higher.
> [...]
> --Katie Kenny
> Farallon Technical Support
> ----End Copied Message---
>
> In case you were interested.  I am still going to try it, should i get the
> chance.
>
> -Eric

They obviously think the IIgs is some kind of Mac.  A SCSI Ethernet
adaptor requires a software driver, and there isn't one that will run on
the IIgs.  I tried looking into it a year or so ago, but none of the
companies I contacted would give me the protocol specs, and I didn't
have the time to spend disassembling their drivers then.  Maybe someday.

Bottom line is, it won't work on a IIgs at this time.  Sorry.  The only
way I know of to get the IIgs on an Ethernet network is through one of
the LocalTalk-Ethernet bridge boxes, like the Gatorbox, I believe it's
called.

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