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- From: easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton)
- Subject: Re: Amiga Networking?
- Organization: Zenith Data Systems, OEM Systems Engineering
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 01:57:11 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.015711.27699@zds-oem.zds.com>
- References: <009635F3.E97CE580@rhea> <1992Nov10.005421.6576@zds-oem.zds.com> <1992Nov12.183712.11344@wicat.com>
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- In article <1992Nov12.183712.11344@wicat.com> gsarff@wicat.com (Gary Sarff) writes:
- >easton@zds-oem.zds.com (Jeff Easton) writes:
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- >> I guess I should admit that I drew up the schematic for the parallel
- >>port Arcnet adapter. Funny how that thing gets around. I'm glad I
- >>marked it preliminary, since last week a little birdie visited my...
- >
- >There are arcnet cards that fit on the expansion port on an amiga 500
- >I have some of them. I also have some that fit in a slot in the 2000. This
- >is at work, but we have had the cards since at least mid 1988, when I was
- >hired, and a bit before that. Part of a discontinued project to use amiga
- >500's as low cost color graphics terminals to run our educational courseware.
- >I have been trying to find out who made these cards and if they are
- >compatible with any software, but have not had any success. I have a simple
- >upload and download program written so I can transfer files from the internet
- >to my amiga 2000'S floppy to take home to my amiga 4000.
-
- I would guess that the Zorro II Arcnet card is the original version from
- a company called Ameristar. I think thats the company, my mind is a little
- fuzzy on the exact name. Anyway, rumor has it that C= bought the card
- from them and renamed it the A2060. I have a A2060 in my A3000. Works
- great with the Oxxi Novell client software.
-
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