Dr. Hawkins wrote: > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Something you can use for almost any old computer without an Ethernet card >> is a serial to Ethernet adapter. > > >>From the original 128k on, the mac serial port was designed for network use. > > Dusty neurons interfere, but I want to say that there was even some > firmware support for networking on the 128k, but I don't think that > version ever got used. > > hawk >
Well the Mac ROMS in the earlier Macs had routines in them for supporting the serial port. But to fully do something you still had to you use routines loaded from disk. The Classic had a way to boot from a ROM Disk and you could from there use LocalTalk. But it never amounted to much. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
