Re: Picked up some cards

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

In article <19990331045915.20407.00000121@ng-fr1.aol.com>,
supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

> gospodin@clubi.ie (Vincent Quinn) wrote:
> 
> >there are two Corvus Systems Apple Interfaces - one is revision J, the
> >other revision K1. 34-pin headers but no cables. I suppose these are Corvus
> >hard drive controller cards - am I correct? Can they be used for anything
> >else (for instance, will they act as universal drive controllers)?
> 
> They are network cards.  Corvus sold Apple II networking hardware
> and software long before Ethernet or LocalTalk.  One Apple II acted
> as a server with its own hard drive.  Other Apple IIs use the card to
> connect together to the server.  Pretty neat, actually.  They even had
> email to each station.
Hey, could Apple IIs with Corvus net cards connect to a Corvus Concept
network as well? Not that I have a whole bunch of...um...Corvi...but I'm
curious...I remember their nifty networking.