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scchicago
Full Member
USA
936 Posts |
 Posted - 26 Jul 2003 : 15:29:42
Macintosh iiSI rescued from storage and is the secondary machine at one of my relative's households! Now all it needs is ethernet. It has everything but LAN access. Any ideas how to get this sucker online via an RJ-45 LAN?_________________
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jul 2003 : 16:35:23
Finally, someone brings this place back to life!  Does it have a NuBus adapter? Because you have two options:a) Get a NuBus card adapter, and a NuBus ethernet card b) Find the right angle adapter that plugs into the IIsi's PDS, and has another PDS and ethernet. I've seen one of these at the Shop before. They do exist. "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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q950
Junior Member
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jul 2003 : 17:55:15
I scrounged up a complete three piece ethernet setup for the SE/30 which is supposed to have the same slot as the IIsi so I would sell it to you if you want. It is a Novell Kinetics Etherport SE. I think it would work with the IIsi, but I dont know for 100 percent sure. I would sell it cheap if you wanted it. Logan PS. You would need an AUI to 10BaseT transceiver. You should be able to find those everywhere.
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 27 Jul 2003 : 06:18:36
The IIsi has a 68030 PDS slot and will accept many (but not all) of the same cards that an SE/30 accepts. I have a IIsi that has a Asante MacCon 3-in-1 Card that combines an FPU socket, right-angle PDS pass-thru, and ethernet (including AAUI, Coax, & RJ-45) all on one little PDS card and ethernet jack daughter card combo. http://njcc.com/~hjohnson/m_net.html#MacCon claims to have some for sale for an unknown amount. If you get one without manual and software, a big of googling and digging will find these at Asante's site.G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
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scchicago
Full Member
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2003 : 13:56:25
Well its not my computer.... I just wanted to get some ideas going. This iiSI might be a bit slow for internet browsing but it outta be perfect for word processing. heh._________________
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2003 : 15:43:07
That card should work on the IIsi, although it might be a little too high for the IIsi, and you may have to leave the case off."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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tomlee59
Starting Member
USA
46 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2003 : 00:43:18
Overclock that IIsi! It was originally designed to run at 25MHz, but apple decided to hobble it on purpose at the last minute. All will run at 25MHz, and almost all will run at 33MHz. That much of a boost makes surfing much more doable. You will really feel the difference. I've upgraded many a IIsi this way for friends and family.Also use "IIsi ram muncher" to make the thing run even faster (google around for it).
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muzhok
New Member
Germany
91 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2003 : 04:27:30
Thought I would throw in a related question as I have never been able to get the Asante MacCon 3 working right on my IIsi. Got it last February and it still doesn't work right/at all. Downloaded the drivers from asante and the mac (Sys 7.6) recognizes the co-processor, but only the lower green light on the ethernet adapter turns on. Thought the jumper might have been fixed only to work on the AAUI, but everything is as it should be for RJ45. Strange, I have no problems getting my Performa 475 hooked up through my router with an Asante LC ethernet card, so I don't think I have the settings wrong. Any suggestions? I would like to get this on the net, as the second HD on the IIsi has about 400Mb of different programs (mostly in German and hard to find on the net) saved from various HDDS that I have found this year.2LCs, IIsi, Performa475, Quadra950
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dave1212
New Member
Canada
65 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2003 : 13:41:03
I've got an Ethernet card in my IIci, but nothing for my IIsi.. would very much like to get it on the LAN. < There is no text to preview ! >
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