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GORDOOM
Junior Member
Canada
208 Posts |
 Posted - 29 May 2002 : 16:58:28
More liberations on the battlegrounds of U of T!Thanks to our operatives in the U of T Swap Shop, we have now managed to save four more old abandoned Macs (namely, a Plus, an SE/30, and two Classics). The SE/30 is a particularly good find, as it has an Ethernet card in it (10-BASE-2 or 10-BASE-5, unfortunately, so no 10-BASE-T, which makes it a pain to network with the rest...). There will be a celebration in the barracks tonight! Each soldier will be limited to four beers - but since they're good strong English/German/etc. beers, we doubt that will be too much of a problem.  Keep the faith, my brothers and sisters! GORDOOM
Commander, Academic Operations Reserve
(University of Toronto, St. George Campus)
total Macs liberated: 19
(as of May 29, 2002) "...the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." |
G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 29 May 2002 : 17:30:24
I lift a pint of porter in your general direction   g4from128k ------------
-- The Liberated: PB 190cs, Outbound 2030E, Performa 450
-- The Originals: 128k, Mac II
-- The Contraband: 7585e & 8575G3 FrankenMacs, Pismo PB, G4/450 AGP Tower mit Cinema Display |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2002 : 08:38:59
HUZZAH! The 68k's just keep falling in...<takes a swig> 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Mod of the Mac II series Forums
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
Regular Disappear! |
jruschme
Junior Member
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - 30 May 2002 : 21:03:46
quote:
The SE/30 is a particularly good find, as it has an Ethernet card in it (10-BASE-2 or 10-BASE-5, unfortunately, so no 10-BASE-T, which makes it a pain to network with the rest...).
It's not that big a pain to network. You just need a 10BaseT transceiver for the AUI (10B5) port. A common piece; should be cheap on eBay.
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GORDOOM
Junior Member
Canada
208 Posts |
Posted - 31 May 2002 : 04:58:59
quote:
It's not that big a pain to network. You just need a 10BaseT transceiver for the AUI (10B5) port. A common piece; should be cheap on eBay.
- jruschme
You're thinking of the Ethernet ports on some of the earlier Quadras. This is something completely different - an actual 10-BASE-5 network port.
(At least, I *think* you're thinking of something different...) GORDOOM
Commander, Academic Operations Reserve
(University of Toronto, St. George Campus)
total Macs liberated: 19
(as of May 29, 2002) "...the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." |
~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 31 May 2002 : 05:32:19
What kind of port is it exactly? DB-25?~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City
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GORDOOM
Junior Member
Canada
208 Posts |
Posted - 31 May 2002 : 05:44:39
It's a DB-15 port, which was the port design used for 10-BASE-5. The other port is very definitely a 10-BASE-2 port.GORDOOM
Commander, Academic Operations Reserve
(University of Toronto, St. George Campus)
total Macs liberated: 19
(as of May 29, 2002) "...the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." |
jruschme
Junior Member
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - 31 May 2002 : 13:28:12
quote:
You're thinking of the Ethernet ports on some of the earlier Quadras. This is something completely different - an actual 10-BASE-5 network port.
(At least, I *think* you're thinking of something different...)
Nope. The DB15 port (10B5) is referred to as an AUI port. It is for the connection of an external Ethernet tranceiver. It is not 10B5-specific, that just happens to be the most common. What you want is a 10bT tranceiver for an AUI port. Something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2028477246 The Quadras and early PPCs had an AAUI port. Same purpose, different connector. Apple actually made an adapter that connected to an AAUI port and converted it to an AUI port. <<<john>>>
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 31 May 2002 : 15:08:08
quote:
quote:
You're thinking of the Ethernet ports on some of the earlier Quadras. This is something completely different - an actual 10-BASE-5 network port.
(At least, I *think* you're thinking of something different...)
Nope. The DB15 port (10B5) is referred to as an AUI port. It is for the connection of an external Ethernet tranceiver. It is not 10B5-specific, that just happens to be the most common. What you want is a 10bT tranceiver for an AUI port. Something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2028477246
cool, anybody gonna bid? i've got about half a dozen aAUI cards if nobody else needs these, i might bid.jt  ™. .
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GORDOOM
Junior Member
Canada
208 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jun 2002 : 03:08:51
OK... I see what you're getting at. I'm sorry...I didn't realise that such a device exists. I'll have to remember that - I have no money to buy stuff right now, but hopefully I will eventually... GORDOOM
Commander, Academic Operations Reserve
(University of Toronto, St. George Campus)
total Macs liberated: 19
(as of May 29, 2002) "...the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." |
scchicago
Full Member
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jun 2002 : 08:22:48
I wish i had some network hardware laying around for old macs. I don't know where to find the hardware that would be compatible with my old macs and be able to connect to a hub for the newer hardware as well._________________
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