As long as it shows the correct, hardwired MAC address burned into the chip and is running MacOS on its own (it only came with 32mb ram.....) i'll be happy.
---------- From: Matt Emson Sent: 16 February 2004 21:03 To: PCI PowerMacs Subject: [PCI] Re: PCI RTL 8029 (PC) in Pmac 5500 > So... if I find a generic NE2000 driver for > MacOS... the card should behave itself? (the > working one I mean). I'm not too interested in > using BeOS or the like on my Mac, as I've got a > PC for that ;) To me... my Mac wouldn't be a Mac > without MacOS. Maybe, depends on the PCI bus uncertainty I mentioned. Run BeOS. You'll be shocked how much better, faster and stuff your hardware seems. The run MacOS (up to 8.6) under SheepShaver, which runs MacOS as a native app under BeOS and as fast as MacOS would run on your hardware anyway. :-P You can go fullscreen and swich work spaces to go between MacOS and BeOS. > I'll hunt for an NE2000 driver for MacOS. Yes, if one exists, *and* the PCI bus behaves itself. That is probably going to be the issue. Dunno if NE2000 drivers are available for Mac's, but NE2000 compatible it is. If you can get a RT8139 card and driver, you can have 100mbit networking!! RT8139 is a popular chipset, not NE2000 compatible though. Matt -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-power macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
