appleiieman@charter.net wrote:
I just bought one of these on Ebay cheap....just didn't know
anything about it. So they really need an Apple Server to connect
the network? Is there any way I cna tell if the card is good when I put
it in the Apple and turn it on?
No.
Unless you have the proprietary server and software, it's a
pretty useless card.
There were several proprietary Apple II network solutions,
but they all required a special server box and special
server software--sometimes with expiring licenses. ;-(
Until the Workstation card and Appletalk, there was no
widely-supported networking for Apple II's--and many would
consider even Appletalk to be quite proprietary, just more
widely available!
-michael
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