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Re: Apple // workstation card



>Do you know a driver setup that will work for Win98?

Did I misunderstand?  Is this a ISA PC type card as vs an Apple II card?  If 
it is, then there are not really even valid Win 3.1 drivers for the Appletalk 
PC card.  Initally it was set up as a Appletalk option for MS or PC DOS.  If 
you can find it, the Apple driver disk that shipped with these supported a DOS  
program that looked similar to a ProDOS Chooser that allowed connection to 
localtalk printers, but that disk does NOT have provisions, nor does the manual 
that shipped with it discuss, connection to disk shares.  If anyone out there 
has a different disk, or, knows where to get the one that allows connecting to 
actual disk shares I am REALLY interested in getting that software.
OTOH.. If you can find the install program set that went with the old TOPS 
network card which used a varriant system based loosely on Appletalk, They DID 
ship with DOS Appletalk drivers to allow their card to talk on a Appletalk net 
and share volumes. This program (coupled with the Apple drivers from the 
previous mentioned disk) SHOULD work with a Appletalk network. Again; in DOS 
mode, not WIndows.  Since it is a DOS net it should be accessable in Win 3.1, 
and, if loaded before  startup  (using the  put it in autoexec.bat, set 
MSDOS.SYS to BOOTGUI=0 and load WIN from autoexec.. dodge) should be useable in 
95...I have not tried that trick in 98 or ME
  Now, as to Windows....Windows NT version 3.1 shipped with support for the 
Localtalk ISA card.  NT 3.51 dropped it.  IF you can find that version of NT it 
would have a driver that MIGHT be useable in 3.51, 4.0, 2000, or XP, but NOT in 
3.1 95 or 98 or ME.

-Bart
Keeper of the Network from Heck