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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