If it's 5251-11, it's probably an IBM 5250-series monochrome) terminal emulator. I think they were AS/400 devices. STP Type 1 was a DB9 connector for direct connection, I guess.
The Asante card is probably OK. Smalldog are selling Asante MC+30IET64 for $1 brand new, btw. http://www.smalldog.com/product/45937 (but make sure you download the later 5.6.1 driver) Luke -----Original Message----- From: Compact Macs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Brown Sent: Tuesday, 23 March 2004 2:08 PM To: Compact Macs Subject: Re: Slightly OT: IDEAssociates SE expansion card? 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 -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
