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Re: Ethernet card?



mvgfr@netcom.com (Marc Farnum Rendino) wrote:
>On 10 Oct 1996 16:39:53 GMT, Nathan Mates (nathan@visi.com) wrote
>(<53j8sp$3up@darla.visi.com>):
>
>> >I meant to mention another idea. I'm sure I'm not the first, but maybe
>> >it's time to think about it again - SCSI Ethernet boxes. The code to
>
>My admittedly only-slightly-informed guess is that the Mac isn't doing
>anything that an Apple II couldn't, especially a IIGS.
>
>So, since the commercial entities aren't going to pay attention (IMO),
>it's up to one of us to hack it. And I think it's within the realm of
>possibility.
>
>- Marc

It is definetely possible if you have the programming knowledge and your
SCSI card is the Apple DMA one.

The question is: is it worth the trouble?  What are you going to do with
an Apple on Ethernet that one on LocalTalk does not already do?