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From: ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Ethernet for Mac SE/30?
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Date: 22 Sep 89 06:46:22 GMT
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To elaborate on earlier postings from others, there is a standard way
to access Ethernet cards on a Macintosh.  If you are on a Macintosh
with a NuBus, you determine which slot contains the card, and then
open the driver named ".ENET" for that slot.

If you do not have a NuBus, you open the driver named ".ENET0".

The driver provides a standard interface to the network card.  Most,
or maybe even all, of the third party cards provide a driver that
implements this interface.  Thus, everything should work with these
cards.

Register compatibility may be needed in the DOS world, but on the Mac
it's a minor point at best.

Discalimer: the company I work for writes Dove's FastNet software, so
I may be biased on this subject.

						Tim Smith