Re: LANceGS Ethernet Card: First Look

[steve@staticmonkey.com (Steve Mentzer)]

>
>> Now lets just ask ourselves the question: do we really want to invest
>> $50 in what this guy is peddling?
>
>Personally, I thought "yes" to myself before I was even done reading the post
>I saw, whenever that was.  I love the idea of a community trying to do
>something together like this.  I am still trying to decide if I want to buy
>the SSH card, but whether I do or not I will be helping however I can with 
>this project.  The only down side I see in all of this is the thing that
>caused me to stop reading the a2 groups a while back: everybody seems to feel
>the need to hate everybody else.  I don't know how it all started, but it
>really saddens me to see it.  
>

Agreed. Sometimes I think if every APple II on earth was to disappear, people 
would still flock here to argue about something.


>To all the nay-sayers: this is not a vaporware
>card, as far as I can tell.  As I recall, in the post I read, John was looking 
>for help, and offering his thoughts on about how much it would cost.
>

It is NOT vaporware. Provided we can get the PCB's fab'ed, and find a good 
source on the parts, the project will go forward. I am no electrical engineer, 
but I am a pretty damn good programmer (better be, it pays the bills...), so 
John has my support from the software end of things.







>To pretty much everybody, John included: please stop with the language.  It
>really doesn't help with anything.  If somebody calls you names, or rips on
>something, is there really a need to respond?  Let the future show what 
reality
>will be.  Maybe we could get more stuff done that way...


I am still gonna buy an SHH board regardless of whether the new board becomes a 
reality or not. I am planning on buying at least 4-5 of these boards. The 
problem with the SHH board is the price. I cannot justify spending 1k on 5 
ethernet boards for a dead computer just so I can "play".



>
>Joe Barbey
>Apple // enthusiast