Re: ADSL Help

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On 14 Mar 2002 00:02:27 -0800, Lee Reynolds wrote:

> Jalapeno <jalapeno1@mac.com> wrote in message
> news:<jalapeno1-AFE69C.16174808032002@nnrp01.earthlink.net>...
>> In article <B8AED2C7.C62B%philip.bengeo@skynow.net>,
>>  Phil <philip.bengeo@skynow.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All
>> > Help needed,  I have just had my line converted to ADSL by BT for Pipes UK
>> > and purchased a Fujitsu modem,  my problem seems to be that the modem will
>> > not come up in my modem control panel so i cant connect ? any ideas.
>> >
>> > Mac is G4/400 mhz running 9.2.1
>> >
>> > Help
>> >
>>
>> This newsgroup is about the Apple II, not the Macintosh (same
>> manufacturer, different platforms).
>>
>> < OT>
>>
>> Hint: it isn't a modem and it is (or should be) connected to your
>> ethernet port.
>>
>> < /OT>
>
> This makes me ask a question that I'm sure many here know the answer
> to:
>
> Would it be possible to connect his DSL router to an AppleII?

Might be able to but the download speed would surely make the Apple gasp for
breath :)

>
> Surely there must be ethernet cards created for the II.  All you need
> is one with and AUI connector and a 10base-T adapter and the physical
> connection to the router would be up.  Whether anyone could ever
> create a TCP/IP stack for the Apple II is another question.  I doubt
> it would be possible on the II/IIe although I think I have heard of
> someone working on TCP/IP for the IIgs.
>
> I'm asking because I clicked on this thread thinking he was asking how
> to connect his router to a Apple II.
>
> Lee

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