hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) (05/10/91)
Are there any Mac IIci compatibile Ethernet cards (Thick/Thin) (other than 3COM's and Apple's) that can make use of Apple's software without requiring mods or their own drivers? Herb Poppe hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu NCAR (303) 497-1296 1850 Table Mesa Dr. Boulder, CO 80307-3000
edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) (05/11/91)
In article <11367@ncar.ucar.edu> hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) writes: >Are there any Mac IIci compatibile Ethernet cards (Thick/Thin) (other than >3COM's and Apple's) that can make use of Apple's software without >requiring mods or their own drivers? Coincidentally (?) I received an ad from Cayman today. They list 16 different versions of the GatorCard. Two are for NuBus macs (like the IIci). Others are for IIsi, SE, SE/30, and LC. List price $449 for all of them, $599 if you want a 68882 also (IIsi and LC). -- Gerald A. Edgar Internet: edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu Department of Mathematics Bitnet: EDGAR@OHSTPY The Ohio State University telephone: 614-292-0395 (Office) Columbus, OH 43210 -292-4975 (Math. Dept.) -292-1479 (Dept. Fax)
ken@slhisc.uucp (Ken Stamm) (05/14/91)
In article <11367@ncar.ucar.edu> hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) writes: >Are there any Mac IIci compatibile Ethernet cards (Thick/Thin) (other than >3COM's and Apple's) that can make use of Apple's software without >requiring mods or their own drivers? > Yes! I can recommend the Asante line of ethernet cards, at least their NuBus ones. They are totally register-level compatible with the good ol' Ethertalk NB. They even are shipped with Apple's network installer, and Apple's drivers! (There's also a rudimentary but quite useful card diagnostic tool included, written by a 3rd party). If you can, get the one with the 64K buffer, it seems to have marginally better performance than the 16K version. Each comes in either Thick/Thin or Thick/10BaseT. (I used Thick/Thin) (Thin, actually.) I use them under MacOS with MacTCP and NCSA Telnet/Ftp, and also under A/UX 2.0. A/UX 2.0 (and 2.0.1 I presume) recognizes it as existant with absolutely no driver mods/installs required. Only one design drawback to the Nubus cards: The jumper to select Thin/Thick or Thick/10BaseT is on the card, so you have to pop the case open to switch. But this is nitpicking. Got mine from MacZone. Happy netting. -- Ken Stamm (uunet.uu.net!slcpi!slhisc!ken) (212)341-3868