Re: LocalTalk PC for MicroChannel?

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From: Sam Gassel
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1989 21:41

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In article <5867@tank.uchicago.edu> scb1@tank.uchicago.edu (Sam Blackman) writes:
>In article <6803@hubcap.clemson.edu> mmccann@hubcap.clemson.edu (Mike McCann) writes:
>>I know that Apple's LocalTalk PC cards work in IBM compatibles with xt
>>and AT buses but has anyone heard of a LocalTalk Card (made by anyone)
>>that will work with the Micro Channel?
>
>TOPS (Sun Microsystems) is releasing a version of its FlashCard
>that is designed for MCA.  Their original FlashCard is the functional
>equivalent of Apple's LocalTalk PC card.
Unfortunately, it won't run AppleShare PC 2.0.  When I last talked to
TOPS, they had no plans to write a driver either. (That was a month
or so ago)

Daystar Digital already makes an MCA card.  Moreover, Apple's
AppleShare PC 2.0 ships with drivers for it.-- 
Sam Gassel			Academic and Public Computing
samg@tank.uchicago.edu		University of Chicago Computing Organizations

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From: samg@tank.uchicago.edu (Sam Gassel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: LocalTalk PC for MicroChannel?
Summary: DayStar
Keywords: LocalTalk PC cards, TOPS
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Date: 17 Oct 89 21:41:39 GMT
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