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Re: IIgs ethernet and TCP/IP?



fmlin@ccnet.com (Frank M. Lin) writes:

>In article <3qdsin$81k@gap.cco.caltech.edu>,
>Nathan Mates <nathan@cco.caltech.edu> wrote:
>>
>>   Both exist. Getting them involves various levels of knowing people,
>>and/or one-time opportunities that are long past. Apple designed and
>>built up a bunch of //e and IIGS Ethernet cards, but decided not to
>>release it at all. Only a few are known to be in the hands of people
>>outside Apple, and those are in use. The fate of the cards that were
>>manufactured then shelved is unknown.

>I thought about it a few times, it makes no sense to me.  The card
>was finished right?  Sounds like more than a handful were built.
>Was the software ready too?  Silly Apple...

  My understanding is that there are a couple hundred circuit boards
(don't know if they're populated). Probably at least 50 working boards.

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