Re: What is a SchoolBus card?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

bradw wrote:
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> well according to the above link..it was an apple ii network card for
> education....i think i'd heard or seen this before..i have a setup called
> 'compulynx' that does a network of the ap2's and has a sub station etc to
> run apple //e's off a main computer..maybe that is what i saw...it at..or
> used in?
>
> but it is prob something like that....networks for ap2 that i can think of
> offhand
>
> corvus
> diginet/digicard
> compulynx
> mastery development

There were apparently lots of proprietary networks developed for
the school environment.  I imagine they were sold on the basis of
convenience, minimizing the number of application disks required (!),
and reducing damage and vandalism to the disks.  Printer sharing
would also be a common advantage, though not supported by all nets.

I know that there was a network developed in Australia that attached
to a Disk ][ Controller, looking just like a (shared) floppy.

-michael

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