einhorn@hydra.unm.edu (E Drew Einhorn ADV.SCI.Inc) (09/14/90)
I scrounged up an old (circa 1987) Kinetics EtherPort II. It has a REV 1.0 ROM (always an ominous rev). The board is etched on the back as Rev A, there is also a sticker on the back with Rev E. I have no documentation or software to go with it. The board has one switch SW1 that appears to be for selecting thick/thin ethernet. There are two jumpers J1 and J2. I have no idea what they do. Normally my mac will be connected to the network via SLIP. But I need to connect it via the ethernet to see if my NFS mount is failing as a result of a SLIP problem or a NFS problem. Do I need any drivers specific to this card to get it to work in my Mac IIci under A/UX 2.0? Should I get the ROM upgraded? Who owns Kinetics these days and what is their tech support phone number? Thanks, -- einhorn@hydra.unm.edu
einhorn@triton.unm.edu (E Drew Einhorn ADV.SCI.Inc) (09/15/90)
I may be premature but it looks like the Kinetics Etherport II is an orphan. Kinetics seems to have been broken up into little bits and pieces. No one seems to be accepting responsibilty for tech support of the Etherport II. Shiva 800/458-3550 referred me to: Novell 408/473-8700 referred me to: Dayna Communications 801/531-0600 said: "right company, wrong person", referred me to: Dayna Communications 801/972-2000 referred me to: Federal Technology Corp 800/366-4526 said: "all customer service reps are busy. We will get back to you within an hour". click... Hope the driver Jim Jagielski (jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov) just made available for anon ftp works w/ my system. Won't get a chance to try it till tommorrow at the earliest. I'm still leary of the Rev 1.0 ROM. And have no idea what jumpers J1 and J2 are for. -- einhorn@hydra.unm.edu
blob@apple.com (Brian Bechtel) (09/21/90)
I saw this on Applelink today: ***** Thanks to Jill Johnson of Novell Technical Support (NOVELL.WC) for this information. There are A/UX 2.0 drivers available from Dayna Communications for our national cards. Dayna's number is 801-531-0600. These just became available. If you are not sure if your boards are national, the national EtherPort II boards take a 1/2 slot in the Macintosh, and the Intel versions take a full slot. Dayna's A/UX drivers will not work on the Intel cards, and we have drivers for only A/UX versions 1.0 and 1.1 for the Intel boards. **** By "national", I think they mean "National Semiconductor" as opposed to "Intel." You could contact Novell Technical Support by novell.wc@applelink.apple.com Disclaimer: I'm simplying copying what I saw. I don't know any more. --Brian Bechtel blob@apple.com "My opinion, not Apple's"