Subject: Re: Ethernet Card
To: Gerry Pophal <gcpophal@radian.com>
From: None <sparta@imsa.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/22/1995 10:05:34
Hold tight on that particular product ... I have purchased one that arrived just
yesterday (it has a NIC 83902 on it), but it doesn't seem
to work (yet) ... it is recognized, but there seems to be soem sort
of complaint about the packet size being wrong (could
this have something to do with a 64k cache? although
I had thought that was standard.)

I'll keep you posted.

Gene
Gerry Pophal uttered these words in the midst of the great quest on the net:
> 
> ClubMac just sent me a catalog which has an Asante ethernet adapter 
> for $49. It is for 10BaseT connections. The part is ALNB10/T and the
> picture shows the name MacConi. I do not know if this is compatable
> with NetBSD. They say quantities are limited and they do not have 
> versions with BNC connections for NuBus macs. 
> 
> > I'm looking to buy an ethernet card for a MacIIcx running MacBSD-current.
> > Which one should I buy.  It needs to be 10baseT.  Which cards (brands) work
> > and which don't?  I've heard sonic cards don't work but I don't know what a
> > SONIC card is.
> > 
> > Also, my cx has a RasterOps 24STV that works fine in one bit mode.  I
> > haven't tried it in any other modes.  Does MacBSD/X11 work in color yet???
> > 
> > I've also compiled tin and it runs fine.  You might want to add that to
> > your list of ported/portable software.
> > 
> > Thanks alot for all the great work on this system.  I'd love to help, I
> > don't really understand UNIX very much, but, if there's something simple I
> > can do, please let me know.
> > 
> > Thanks again.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 


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