MCA Ethernet Cards

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Fri May 26 05:21:24 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
>

Unfortunately, there must be a hub.

Bill

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Received on Fri May 26 2000 - 05:21:24 BST