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From: kdb@intercon.uu.net (Kurt Baumann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Info on Mac TCP/IP wanted
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Date: 22 Aug 89 23:17:50 GMT
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In article <13273@well.UUCP>, taylor@limbo.intuitive.com (Dave Taylor) writes:
> I am interested in finding out further information about how to hook
> up a Macintosh (Mac II) to a TCP/IP network.  The purpose is to allow
> the Mac to be an X Server (a la White Pines eXodus) talking to an HP
> 9000 system...
> 
> Ideally, since I'll be wiring the two together and it will be a couple
> of dozen feet of new wire, I'd like to run ThinLan -- is that supported
> for the Mac?  
> 
Yes, most boards allow ThinNet.  You should have no problem doing this.

> Am I constrained to purchasing a LAN board from Apple?  etc etc..
> 
No, you do not need to purchase a board from Apple.  The nice thing about
TCP/IP on the Mac, is that there is very little incompatability problems
amongst the various ethernet boards and software.
--
Kurt Baumann

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