Re: Ethernet card?

[Jack Friess <jfriess@wctc.net>]

[This is being posted to csa2.]

Talking about EtherNet on a IIgs, pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:

> 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?

Ah, well.  IF the Apple DMA SCSI fits an Apple IIe as well as a gs, and IF the 
programming was 8-bit, and IF one could get it all (boards, connectors, software, 
etc.) for $150 or less (dreaming?), then MAYBE it could be uses as the "network of 
choice" for our Apple II Email project (since there are no more Apple II 
WorkStation Cards around to get the IIe onto LocalTalk).  Lots of schools with 
lots kids using lots of Apple IIs to email around the world....!!

Anyone know the answer to those IFs?

Jack Friess
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA