Thanks for the heads up on the 5400. Your information on this strange card got me to wondering, so I opened the LCII up and removed the card. According to the writing on the card, it is an Apple IIe card (says right on it) Any uses for it?
On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Noah<[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Sir, > I believe your 5400 was a recalled item. All of those types of all-in- > ones had the same screen issues, and I'm not sure if this is correct > or not, but I think you can send that in to Apple and they will fix it > for you, because it was recalled. Can anyone else out there verify > this for me? Maybe you could check into that, because my Dad had a > Performa 5200CD that he threw away because of the screen issue, and > then a month or so later found out about this recall. I remember that > it upset him a bit that he didn't find out sooner. Now, as for the > Classic and the LCII, either one would do it. You can try to find an > old version of a web browser, like the one I have, which I think is > AOL 2.0 on a floppy diskette, but I would have to check.You can also > get a better browser than AOL, or at least I think it is, but anyway > it's Netscape 3.0. There are also others out there specifically > designed for users of 68k Macs like ours that want to put them on the > Internet. The LC II is a little bit better than the Classic, because > you can see things in color, and the screen is usually bigger, but > that's the only significant difference I know. You can use a modem to > connect the Classic to the Internet, and there is an Ethernet card you > can get for the LC. The strange card you mentioned, if it's what I > think it is, has an adapter you can get for it called the Apple > Ethernet Twisted-Pair Transceiver, which looks a lot like a LocalTalk > connector box, but it is for plugging in a Twisted-Pair Ethernet > cable. The transceiver is pretty easy to find in places like eBay, and > it will run between $5 and $10. > Good luck putting your Macs on the Internet! > -Noah > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
