Subject: Re: Token ring
To: Xiamin Raahauge <xiamin@scdesantis.ne.mediaone.net>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/22/1997 21:32:02
> I checked the FAQ, but this wasn't in there as far as I could tell. Are
> any token ring cards supported? I've never actually seen a Nubus token
> ring card, but I'm looking into using my NetBSD box as a bridge between a
> token ring network for my RT's and my ethernet lan/internet. Ethercards
> are pretty hard to get for the RT's, but I have a ready supply of token
> cards.

Unfortunatly, I think the cards are against you. NetBSD doesn't seem
to support TokenRing cards AFAICT. It'd be GREAT if you added them,
and the support for ethernet and fddi (which is a form of token ring)
would be a good starting point.

Though I think the worst thing is that one of the reasons I heard
for A/ROSE's existance was to support TokenRing cards. A/ROSE is
the Apple Real-time Operating System Environment. An extention
I typically remove immediatly after installing MacOS. So I think
most of the cards will have CPU's on them. :-(

Take care,

Bill