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From: mikel@berlioz.nsc.com (Michael G. Lohmeyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Apple Ethernet NB card vs. Ethertalk NB card
Message-ID: <1991Feb17.030840.1866@berlioz.nsc.com>
Date: 17 Feb 91 03:08:40 GMT
References: <1991Feb11.181019.784@slhisc.uucp>
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In article <1991Feb11.181019.784@slhisc.uucp> ken@slhisc.uucp (Ken Stamm) writes:
>Can someone confirm whether Apple's new announced Ethernet NB card is
>register-level upwardly compatible (uses same A/UX drivers?)
>as the old Ethertalk NB card?

     From what I know of the two ethernet cards, they are not software 
compatible.  They use two different ethernet controller chips and the
chips are not software compatible.

>Also, does anyone know if the new Thin Coax Transceiver from Apple can use
>plain old Thinnet cabling if need be, or must it use Apple's new self-
>terminating thinnet cabling?

     The Apple coax transceivers work just like normal transceivers, so they
can be used with regular Thinnet cables.

Mike
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Mike Lohmeyer				mikel@berlioz.nsc.com