My Reply follows quote. On 03/12/2002 12:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laurent Daudelin) >On 03/12/02 14:49, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My Reply follows quote. On 03/12/2002 09:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> said: >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Johnson) >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> This message written: Monday, 2 December 2002 16:42:59 PST >>>> >>>> Found one of these today for a few cents. Plugged it into the lower slot >>>> of a Wallstreet running OS 9.2.2. the three LEDs on the "antenna" of the >>>> card lit up, with the Red and Yellow remaining lit. An icon appeared on >>>> the desktop with "Am 79C930." Double clicking the icon opens the TCP/IP >>>> control panel. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have information on this thing? Will it work "out of the box" >>>> or does it need some special drivers? >>>> >>> >>> Looks like it works, if the card appears on the desktop. Does TCP/IP >>> control panel offer a choice of Ethernet interfaces? >> ------------ >> Hmm, just ran a "test." No, TCP/IP only shows Ethernet on the "button" >> choices. Same thing with the card in or out, with another cable from the >> "normal" ethernet connector on the back of the computer in addition to >> the card. >> >> Thanks for the input. > >Then, you might need some kind of driver to use the card. Not implying that >those drivers exists, though, just that you would need something to make the >card recognized by the system. For those that used the Asante EN-SC (which >was basically Ethernet over SCSI) for Macs without Ethernet or PCMCIA slots >(like the PowerBook Duos), you had to install a driver so that the TCP/IP >control panel would recognize the device as an Ethernet interface. > >-Laurent. --------- I know about the EN-SC devices (have a couple used with PowerBook 165/170s) and their drivers. Asante does a much better job of support (and has evidently outlived) than InTalk. Oh, well, it is worth the 10 cents it cost and I might stumble across a way to get it to work!
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