Apple Ethernet NB card vs. Ethertalk NB card

[Michael G. Lohmeyer]

In article <1991Feb11.181019.784 at slhisc.uucp> ken at slhisc.uucp (Ken Stamm) writes:
>Can someone confirm whether Apple's new announced Ethernet NB card is
>register-level upwardly compatible (uses same A/UX drivers?)
>as the old Ethertalk NB card?

     From what I know of the two ethernet cards, they are not software 
compatible.  They use two different ethernet controller chips and the
chips are not software compatible.

>Also, does anyone know if the new Thin Coax Transceiver from Apple can use
>plain old Thinnet cabling if need be, or must it use Apple's new self-
>terminating thinnet cabling?

     The Apple coax transceivers work just like normal transceivers, so they
can be used with regular Thinnet cables.

Mike
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Mike Lohmeyer				mikel at berlioz.nsc.com