I don't know much about the rest of the stuff, but in my experience
with IBM network cards, if they're a round (i.e. BNC) connector,
they're probably the old "baseband" stuff that uses lots of coax cable
and a hub/amplifier, and work only with IBM PC-LAN Program and
NetBEUI. It ran at some horribly slow speed; the number 2Mb/sec comes
to mind, but it seems like it felt a lot slower than even that. If
it's not round, but in fact DB-9 shaped, then they're probably 4Mb/sec
token-ring cards, which will work with some versions of NetWare and
probably Vines and other established (i.e. old) network operating
systems. If they're the baseband variety, you'd probably do better
with tin cans and string; if they're token-ring, then they might be
worth your trouble to rescue.
On Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:16:47 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>About 15 IBM network cards. I can't tell what they are, but they are brown
>full- length eight bit things with round connectors on the back.
>
-Bill Richman
bill_r_at_inetnebr.com
http://incolor.inetnebr.com/bill_r
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