> >Ah the infamous apple 2 ethernet board.
>
> >The thing was designed, ethertalk support was written into the Apple2GS
> >kernel, and then the board was dropped before production and all references
> >to it torn out of GSOS. The apple2GS world *still* whines about this, even
> >though they have a tcpip stack of dubious quality that can supposedly do PPP
> >(although I've never seen it actually work). The guy who developed it is a
> >real jerk too, and has gained a following of other jerks. Between this and
> >the fact that my father gave up on his GS and bought an iMac, you have the
> >reasons I gave up on the apple2 community.
>
> Are you referring to the board which was (supposedly) produced just w hile
> ago, or is this some age-old project?
I was refering to a product Apple designed but never released when I was talking
about the ethernet board. The TCP-IP stack came from a third party about 2
years ago and is called Marinetti.
--
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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