Re: unknown card! - please identify

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

brad wrote:

>the only thing i know about is that apple made an apple ii ethernet card
>prototype...and it worked..it was used/tested by washington apple PI user
>group with their mac/apple // combination site at the time
>
>apple decided not to release the prototype to the public..but let them
>continue to use these cards...no idea where the cards are now...prob horded
>someplace...
>
>anyway...thats all i know...i've heard talk from various sources about
>looking at these cards...and such ...for help in making one.

I don't think it would be any help to look at one.

The only advantage to imitating the design of the prototype
would be leveraging the software Apple wrote, which appears
to be no longer extant.

Now there are much simpler ways to provide ethernet connectivity,
with single-chip solutions.

-michael

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