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Article #6680Re: zero-slot LAN using parallel ports
From: Richard Reiner
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 14:53
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 1991 14:53
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nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:
>In article <19813@yunexus.YorkU.CA> rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) writes:
> Now, however, a situation has arisen which prevents me from using a
> serial port for the LAN. The $25 Network can't work over parallel
> ports (unless there is a new version which can -- please tell me!), so
> I'm looking for a replacement which can.
+Buy a few ARCNET boards -- they're only $65 quantity one, and they're
+supported by Little Big Lan -- the successor to the $25 Network ("the
+$75 Network").
Thanks for the suggestion, but one of the machines to be networked is a
laptop with no slots. Thus the requirement that this thing work over
parallel ports.
--richard
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!rreiner From: rreiner@yunexus.YorkU.CA (Richard Reiner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: zero-slot LAN using parallel ports Message-ID: <19915@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Date: 7 Jan 91 14:53:34 GMT References: <19813@yunexus.YorkU.CA> <NELSON.91Jan6201408@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Organization: York U. Computing Services Lines: 18