Conquested an ethernet adapter for SE/30

[Quadraman]

I conquested an Asante MacCon during my "forced absence" by the mods, so it's a not very recent. I managed to score it for only $85 as opposed to the close to $200 that they normally go for these days. I saw that price and couldn't let it pass. 

 

[MJ313]

Congrats! Nice find and nice price.

 

[Cory5412]

Forced absence? I don't know if I'd call it that, because that's a really big exaggeration. There was a one-week period where you were able to log into the forum and use the private messaging system, but not make public posts, and since then you've had your posting abilities back for three months.
 

Tangentially, the Maccon was available for almost everything with a slot in the early '90s -- which version have you got? Is there anything special about it that makes it $200 desirable compared to other Ethernet cards?

 

[Quadraman]

Forced absence? I don't know if I'd call it that, because that's a really big exaggeration. There was a one-week period where you were able to log into the forum and use the private messaging system, but not make public posts, and since then you've had your posting abilities back for three months.

Tangentially, the Maccon was available for almost everything with a slot in the early '90s -- which version have you got? Is there anything special about it that makes it $200 desirable compared to other Ethernet cards?

It's the SE/30 version. And yes, I was only forced offline for a week but been too busy lately to check back in. It was actually when I was going to post about the conquest that I found out about the suspension. Lol. 

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

Is there anything special about it that makes it $200 desirable compared to other Ethernet cards?

You betcha! It's for the SE/30 and has a PDS passthru connector. SE/30 collectors obsessed with a certain gamba page must be well heeled crazy persons from what I can tell.

< . . . which would be why I'm sitting on three of them and I don't even have, want or need an SE/30 >

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[MJ313]

< . . . which would be why I'm sitting on three of them...>

Well hello there, new best friend...

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

LOL! They're reserved as trade goods for things I really, really, really want.

< . . . wonders if he ever mentioned that he's got a fourth NIC sans passthru for his IIsi? >

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[Cory5412]

Whoops, it would appear it was in the thread title. I searched on the Internet for the card and perused through the manual and couldn't figure out anything special about other than that versions were available for nearly every 68k Mac expansion interface.

 

[snuci]

Looks like this one?



Got that in an SE/30 a little while ago.

 

[uniserver]

I'm a big fan of the MacCon Ethernet card.  they work so good.   love em.

I have one in my se/30…  

 

[uniserver]

haha jt is sitting on 3 of em.   he has all the good stuff,   and a whole fleet of Quadra 700's i bet too!

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

La Niña, La Pinta y La Santa María de la Inmaculada Concepción . . .

. . . OK, I guess you can call the triplets a fleet, they never really had names before now. But that last has already been clipped to just Maria, after the Blondie song title.

I can live with that.

 

[Quadraman]

Looks like this one?

SE30_MACCON_30ie.jpg

Got that in an SE/30 a little while ago.