Re: What is a Corvus Systems Apple Transporter ?

["Brian A. Davis" <badavis@nbnet.nb.ca>]

In article <3AA69AEC.D3C80525@flash.net>,
 Courtney Thomas <ccthomas@flash.net> wrote:


> I have been given this card but being a novice don't know it's purpose.
> The only connector is three pronged and called J1. There is also a red
> LED, DS1. On the back it's labeled ....SBC-2A and dated 12-82.
> 
> How should the 8 toggles be set on the switch ?

The Corvus Transporter card is a network card for the Corvus Network. It 
was one of the first (if not the first) server networking scheme for the 
Apple ][ and Apple ][+ computers. The Corvus network was very popular in 
schools in the 1980s. The Transporter card connected to a main network 
trunk line that was connected to a Server and Hard Drive system.

Your card is not much good unless you have the network to connect to. 
The Transporter cards can not be conected to each other directly.

The dip switchs are for setting the network address of the card. The 
first six switches sets the address. Switches 7 and 8 are disabled.

Hope this helps.

Brian

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