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From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] missing compilers?
Date: Mon,  5 Aug 2002 17:13:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D4EAB50.7E96E8CA@null.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d61bfc70667317e4bc1f799bb356f814@collyer.net>

Geoff Collyer wrote:
> Did 68k-based Macs even *have* Ethernet interfaces?

Why not?  Even the Apple II had an Ethernet interface (option).
It's true that Apple had a "NIH" mentality and tried to keep the
Macintosh system relatively closed for a long time; remember
AppleTalk protocol (used where we would these days use TCP/IP)?

> I'll second Russ's comment: why not upgrade?

Maybe he's looking for some way to use his old equipment,
just as many people apparently use antique PCs with Plan 9.


  reply	other threads:[~2002-08-05 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-05  3:58 Geoff Collyer
2002-08-05 17:13 ` Douglas A. Gwyn [this message]
2002-08-05 20:50 ` Andrew Simmons
2002-08-06 10:00   ` jkw
2002-08-08 15:40     ` Douglas A. Gwyn
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-08-05 20:50 Russ Cox
2002-08-05 20:01 ` Sam
2002-08-05  4:26 David Gordon Hogan
2002-08-01  0:09 okamoto
2002-07-31 17:10 Russ Cox
2002-08-01 15:26 ` Jack Johnson
2002-08-01 21:10 ` Andrew Simmons
2002-07-31 12:38 rog
2002-07-31 16:47 ` Todd Olson
2002-07-29 20:44 Geoff Collyer
2002-07-31  9:35 ` Ben
2002-07-29 16:29 Scott Schwartz
2002-07-29 16:07 forsyth
2002-07-29 16:00 Ben

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