On March 22, 2004 07:55 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey all. > > Got another obscure hardware question. What exactly is an IDEAssociates > SE-5251 expansion card? There was one in an SE I recently acquired. > Various Google searches turned up nothing, aside from a reference on a 68k > Mac "part sale" page referring to this card as a "SE-5251 Terminal > Emulation" card. It has an external DB-9 port on the back of it. This > one reference leads me to believe it has something to do with emulation. > But what does it emulate? And what sort of external device do you connect > to the DB-9 port? > > Also, on the topic of old SE expansion cards, how useful is the Asante Mac > Con Rev. C2 for IIsi's and SE/30's? I've got a bunch of them. From the > looks of them, it appears they could still be useful in Ethernet > networking with newer machines. > > Thanks, > Nat > > ------------ > Nat Hall > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------ A 9 pin serial port connected to something called a Terminal Emulator would lead me to believe its a device to add a 9-pin serial port to use the Mac as a Terminal Emulator.
Think connecting it to a headless Unix (or other OS) box and thats probably what its for. Wish i had one now, would have been easier using it to connect to my Unix boxes then the cable i had to make. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
