--- On Sun, 10/11/09, Dr. Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Dr. Hawkins <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Going Lean
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 3:17 PM
>
> 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.
For networking with other Macs via Apple's proprietary AppleTalk protocol.
the serial to Ethernet adapters enable connecting to a standard Ethernet LAN
without needing a network card designed specifically for that computer.
It's still only as fast as the serial port, but you can use any serial
communications software without it having to be written to use TCP/IP or other
protocols the adapter supports.
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