MCA Ethernet Cards

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Fri May 26 03:06:40 2000

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ford" <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: MCA Ethernet Cards


> Make REAL sure they aren't nasty old or even nasty new Token Ring cards.
> Many cards that looked very promising to me, turned out to have the weird
> RJ45 version of token ring, and weren't ethernet cards at all. I am real
> suspicious of any IBM chip on such a card now.

I have a stack of ISA cards that have the RJ45 connector and the more
'normal' token ring connector.
Question. I don't have a concentrator/hub or whatever the token ring
equivalent is, so is it possible to wire a cable from the RJ45 ala ethernet
'crossover' to connect two machines? Or must there be a concentrator/hub?

Cheers

Geoff Roberts
Received on Fri May 26 2000 - 03:06:40 BST