25 May
2000
25 May
'00
8:06 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ford" <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: MCA Ethernet Cards
Make REAL sure they aren't nasty old or even nasty
new Token Ring cards.
Many cards that looked very promising to me, turned out to have the weird
RJ45 version of token ring, and weren't ethernet cards at all. I am real
suspicious of any IBM chip on such a card now.
I have a stack of ISA cards that have the RJ45 connector and the more
'normal' token ring connector.
Question. I don't have a concentrator/hub or whatever the token ring
equivalent is, so is it possible to wire a cable from the RJ45 ala ethernet
'crossover' to connect two machines? Or must there be a concentrator/hub?
Cheers
Geoff Roberts