bmartin@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Brian Martin) (06/21/88)
In article <2135@uoregon.uoregon.edu> jqj@drizzle.UUCP (JQ Johnson) writes: >Until recently, Kinetics was (so far as I know) the only manufacturer >of Ethernet cards for the Mac SE. I recently saw an ad for Information >Presentation Technologies [818-347-7791], who claim to be shipping a much >less expensive MacSE Ethernet card. Does anyone know anything about the >card or company? Do the popular Mac networking software packages, e.g. >Apple's EtherTalk driver, NCSA Telnet, etc., work reliably with it? I talked with IPT about a month ago, and then received some of their technical information. IPT is apparently a spin-off from Apollo computer, and markets a product (Ushare) that ties Macs, Apollos and PCs together on the same network. Their system allows you to use an Apollo network as the fileserver for PCs and Macs. You can use Appletalk on the Macs, or you can buy their $495 ethernet card and plug it into your SE/II. I don't have the technical info in front of me, but I think their board supports TCP/IP and NCSA Telnet. Prior to the Mac II announcement, I heard _rumors_ of a joint Apple/Apollo venture to produce a low-end Apollo workstation that would support Macintosh software on an Apollo network. The venture was apparently nixed by Sculley, followed by the announcement of the Mac II. Too bad it failed. The Apollo Domain network is, in my opinion, the Macintosh of networks--highly intuitive, and very simple to set up and operate. And it runs circles around Sun/ethernet under heavy network loads. But, like the Mac it has its down side--it has a closed architecture. Hope this helps. ----- Brian K. Martin, M.D. 1103 9th Ave., Suite 203 Honolulu, Hawai`i 96816-2403 Voice (808) 733-2003 Fax (808) 733-2011 ARPA: uhccux!medix!martin@nosc.MIL UUCP: {uunet,dcdwest,ucbvax,ihnp4}!ucsd!nosc!uhccux!medix!martin