Strange boards in Apple//e

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Mon Nov 8 19:56:19 1999

>> > Board 2
>> > Says Digicard D-Net and has a wire that goes to a board in slot 1.
>>biggest chip is an am8530h-
>> > 6pc
>>
>> THe 8530 is a complex sync/async serial chip IIRC. It's the one used in
>> the Macintosh, etc. This could be some kind of network card (based on the
>> name), although it may well not use any well-known protocol.
>>
>
>Bet this is an appletalk network card. Rare birds, those.

Sheesh, I typed "digicard D-net apple" into www.Dogpile.com search engine
and got the following, which is what it really is.

http://www.arnatech.com/model.html

An older proprietary networking scheme. Last update of the site looks like
1996, but it "sounds" like some files may be available.
Received on Mon Nov 08 1999 - 19:56:19 GMT

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