> > ae0 at nubus0 slot c: failed to determine size of ram
> 
> Does that mean the ethernet card is of the incompatible type? It's a

No.  That means that the ae driver (the proper one for the chip that you
list) found the card, but couldn't determine how much RAM the card has
on it.  That probably means that it's looking for RAM in the wrong place.

> Colin Wood encouraged me to post this here. According to him there should be
> hope to get that thing working :))

Yeah.  I think there are a couple of people who can help.  I'm
unfortunately going to be off-line for a couple of days.  You will also
need to make sure that it gets the ethernet MAC address right, and that
it can properly locate the device registers.

> - When I get the prompt, how do I go on? I tried "help" and "man" (the
>   latter usually works with my isp), but I didn't get anything. Actually I do
>   not find the reference, but on some "How-to" I read I should follow then (at
>   the prompt) the installation instructions (?).
> - Should I set the monitor to 1-bit? (I'd prefer 256 greyscales . . .)
> - Are the ser ports really limited to 9600 bps? That would be hard to
>   believe.
> - I remember, I read in the FAQ the 32K cache card for the IIci should work.
>   Is that correct?

I'll let others handle these.

-allen

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                    Allen Briggs - briggs@ninthwonder.com