25 Jun
2001
25 Jun
'01
7:56 p.m.
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Michael Maginnis wrote:
I've been drooling over the LanceGS card lately -
gotta save up. What
makes the En-Link unusual is its apparent release date (1984), meaning
that it was specifically designed for the IIe (& II+ maybe?); the GS
What makes you think that? The //c was announced in 1984. The //e was
announced in 1981. There's a chance it might only work on later revision
Apple //e's though.
wasn't released until 86 or 87 (IIRC). Maybe the
fact that the card
cost almost as much as the computer it was designed for prevented
mainstream acceptance. Skimming the doco on the LanceGS, it looks like
that card is relatively new, having been released Sept last year.
Yeah, I can't imagine any organization in 1984 would be so serious about
the Apple ][ that they'd be spending $1,250 for an ethernet card for each
Apple ][ to build a network of them.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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