Re: Apple2 Ethernet

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

**** **** writes,
> 
> I am aware that at one point Apple and/or third parties had intended to
> introduce an ethernet card for the a2e and especially the a2gs. Things even
> went so far as an initial run of pcb's were produced. Nowadays though, only
> a handful of the prototypes exist, and the production boards have
> 'dissappeared'. Are they in a landfill somewhere that I can go dig them up?
> Are they hidden in a warehouse, just waiting for someone to forget, and let
> them be bought up surplus? What's the deal?
> 
> If they are truly gone for good, how complex would it be to design and build
> a homemade one? Is anyone interested in such a thing, and would the
> community appreciate it if such schematics were made available? Better yet,
> would people be willing to buy them? I mean, they mass produce ethernet
> chipsets, to the point that most of the active components are in a single
> package, and cost is around $8-12 per unit. Even were a lonely nerd like
> myself able to design and build the board, is anyone willing to write
> software for it???


     You can find some information and docs on Babar de Saint Cyr's Ethernet
card project in the GS WorldView August 1999 issue at
http://www.grin.net/~cturley/gsezine/GS.WorldView/v1999/Oct/EThernet.Card/ .



Rubywand