Is it possible to get DSL or some other high speed such as ISDN with a apple II?
Yes, and I have done so using my LANceGS card. Caveat: you need a static IP address and router or another computer to do the IP forwarding.
and yet the A2 FAQS do not have a specific, separate, section on Networking the A2 series (2e or 2gs) computers.
Jeff, wanna collect this stuff and create one?
If you've got (or know of) specific info that would allow me to network my 2e and/or 2gs, directly to my current PC network
Hooking it into your network is a no brainer now that the LANceGS card is available, but what you want is communication between the disparate computers. There is little to no software available to allow an Apple II to communicate with another PC for file exchange or printer sharing. (I'm ignoring Appletalk and the Macs.) They simply do not share enough common elements to make that easy. (Caveat Peter Watson and MUG!)
That being said, there is IIgs native software to browse the web and FTP files from an FTP server. There is a POP3 e-mail client and a couple of other applications that are network aware. More are being done but anyone who wants to try to program an application, should.
I want a news group reader! (Anyone remember 2QWK? It ran on my A2 and on the BBS I was dialed in to. It allowed me to send/receive e-mail and newsgroup postings via packets I would down/upload.)
Thankx, Ed