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Re: Apple2 ethernet adapter
- Subject: Re: Apple2 ethernet adapter
- From: Bryan Villados <news001@nospam_macgeek.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 05:12:33 GMT
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> If the ethernet card was special in some way, say it could boot off of and
> access an AppleShare file server, maybe that would justify $80. But the
> reason is that it would offer enough speed an capability to server as a mass
> storage medium in a day when SCSI cards are becoming scarce.
Wow... That's something I never thought of! It would require making the
ethernet card a booting device, much like a disk controller. I wonder
if something like that is possible seeing the IIgs has that feature
built-in?