Scott,
That puzzled me as well on the Classic II. I'm picking the computer up
this afternoon, and specifically asked the seller on the phone about it. He
said it was an RJ-45 port on the back, and it looked like it came that way from
the factory. I can't wait to see it. I'll snap some pictures if it ends up
being true to one extent or another.
Jason
On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Scott Holder wrote:
> Boyer Jason wrote:
>> Greetings All,
>>
>> New to this group, but not as new to vintage macs. I've picked up a SE
>> (with HD), and a Classic II, and thought it would be fun to embark on a pet
>> project to get them talking to each other and perhaps on a home network or
>> internet. The Classic II appears to have an integrated RJ-45, so I'm set
>> hardware wise. The SE is a different story. I know it has an expansion
>> slot called SE PDS in Mactracker, and I suspect it was at least capable of
>> participating in token ring networks, but the real question is the
>> possibility of getting an RJ-45 port on this machine. Ebay searches
>> indicate a plethora of LC PDS ethernet cards for the early LC machines,
>> which may be the same communication protocol, but perhaps not the same
>> physical arrangement, I'm not sure. So the big question is, can I equip an
>> SE with an ethernet port through any means?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jason
>>
>
> Yes, there are readily available ethernet cards for the SE which will work
> nicely and well. You can check on the usual places, eBay and the LEM Swap
> list, to get one.
>
> What's interesting to me though is the Classic II. It doesn't have any
> internal expansion capability typically, so there'd be no place to install an
> ethernet card. I'd be interested in seeing at least some external pictures,
> and internal pictures if you ever take it apart.
>
> Scott
>
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