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Help Identifying Ethernet Card for LCII

I got a working LC from a friend, and it's got an ethernet card with some other connection (I believe a PDS) in it. I was wondering what this card is, and if there are any drivers for it. Thanks!

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Possible to upload a higher resolution pic? I'm having trouble reading the numbers I would usually google.

My familiarity with LCs is limited, but that looks like a card that plugs into the PDS slot and has two types of Ethernet connectors - RJ-45 (modern standard) and a BNC/10Base2 connector (obsolete, looks like a cable TV plug).

Farallon made a lot of these cards, not sure if this is a Farallon, but you could try Farallon drivers - I'm pretty sure they are widely available online, I don't have the link handy. Asante is another common Ethernet card provider with widely available drivers. 

 
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Thanks so much for the help. I will update with info once I get the drivers installed, (Stuffit is being weird on my LC right now)

 
I took another look through my folders. As I recall, I was able to get the attached file to work when networking my IIsi, and I think that's a Farallon card. 

This exceedingly dense (but invaluable) site has more general information about Apple drivers you can download to help get a network interface working.

http://www.applefool.com/se30/

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Alright, good news, it sees my connection. Unfortunately, Stuffit won't let me unzip the .sit of iCab 2.99, so I'm having some difficulty getting online. Do you be any chance have a disk image of a browser that works with System 7.5.3?

 
Good luck then. I have an LC II, but with an Asante ethernet card I never could get to work afaik. I had to re-seat the rom chip just to get it to do anything. Back when my Power mac 6100 worked I briefly worked with Netscape 4 I think (4.0.4 is apparently the last version that will work with 7.5.5). There were a number of issues with expired certificates on any https site though.

Is the .sit file damaged? Which version of StuffIt are you using? Maybe you need a newer version. I assume you got the icab .sit from http://www.icab.de/ ?

Maybe you could try a different internet application that isn't a browser. Perhaps something utilizing telnet or ssh?

 
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