From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: <3D4EAB50.7E96E8CA@null.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: Subject: Re: [9fans] missing compilers? Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:13:00 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: d84b9442-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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.