Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:5229 comp.sys.mac.hardware:6426 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!usc!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu!kemp From: kemp@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu (John Kemp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: MACII ETHER CARD SUMMARY Message-ID: <1990Nov5.170654.1107@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 5 Nov 90 17:06:54 GMT Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 56 Originator: kemp@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu Here is a summary of the prices for Ethernet cards for the MacII. This is by no means comprehensive, just the results of a quick perusal of MacWorld and replies from about 3 netters. The consensus seems to be Asante' has a good, inexpensive product. Some of the other companies to consider are Apple, Nuvolink, and Cayman. Here are some prices: MacCon+IIE $247.50 (Asante') Special Price and Univ Discount NuvolinkII $271 (MacZone) MacCon+IIE $390 (Mac Place) MacCon+IIE $395 (MacAvenue) GatorCard I/II $460 (Mac Place) See December 1990 MacWorld pg 116 for Asante' info. -------- john kemp ( ( )_ internet - kemp@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu ----- ( ( __) decnet - uiatmb::kemp --- univ of illinois (_ ( __) bitnet - {uunet,convex} -- dept of atmos sci .(____). !uiucuxc!uiatma!kemp - 105 s gregory ave ... phone - (217) 333-6881 - urbana, il 61801 ... fax - (217) 444-4393 **************************** SUMMARY OF REPLIES ******************************* From: "C. Carlson" Check out MacWharehouse, I think they are selling the Nuvolink II ethernet board for $279. Charles From: kdb@macaw.intercon.com (Kurt Baumann) > - Recommendations for Ethernet cards for Mac and PC? Asante offers about the cheapest cards, they work well. Cayman and InterLan offer the fastest cards on the market, they all work fine and are not too expensive. Hope some of this helps.-- Kurt Baumann InterCon Systems Corporation 703.709.9890 Creators of fine TCP/IP products 703.709.9896 FAX for the Macintosh. From: TECHNOLOGY SPONGE I just bought an Asanti Enet card for $272 You've got your choice of 10baseT/ Thick wire or Thin/Thick. The sales critter said that Mac World rated them fastest. I dealt directly with Asante corp in Sunnyvale, CA. I just called information to get their number. Make sure you tell them your an educational institution. I faxed them a PO and had the board in 3 days... Mark Powers **************************** END OF SUMMARY *******************************