You're holding an Apple IIe on a card. They were made specifically for the LC PDS slot and emulated an Apple IIe. Not so easy to come by, but the special Y-cable for it is even harder to find.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe_Card On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Christian Wacker <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
