> From: Chris
>
> >We'd best just agree to disagree about Apple Computer Co product quality.
>
> I'm sure not aiming to start another flame war :-)
>
Thank you both! ;)
> >One thing that I've wondered is how one gets an old MAC to talk on the
> >Ethernet when it's a mixed environment with Netware and Windows NT
> >servers..
> >
> >What do you know about that?
>
> Most Macs, since sometime in the early 90's have come with ethernet on
> board. The exceptions were the home targeted models (like the Performa
> series), where ethernet was an optional add on. Every mac since the G3
> comes with ethernet standard (basically, with the death of the performa
> line came the death of optional ethernet....
>
> That pretty much means, every mac from the Plus on can support ethernet.
>
> ....
> If you can't get AppleTalk supported, then you will have to add things to
> the Mac to access the servers. There are 3rd party apps out there to
> enable the Mac to speak to a number of different systems. If this is
> something you want to do, I will be happy to discuss it with you, but it
> is going to get off topic really fast, so we are better off taking it off
> list.
>
> -chris
>
Or, if you can find a Cayman GatorBox GX-R, which provides a
LocalTalk-Ethernet bridge, DECnet routing, UNIX-LocalTalk printing, and UNIX
based files services...
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