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Author Re: iPhone bricks - more info
Mitch

2007-11-14, 4:33 am

In article
<colalovesmacs-606444.13571206112007@mpls-nnrp-06.inet.qwest.net>,
Oxford <colalovesmacs@smart.com> wrote:

> Oh yes, I remember. Starting in 1986 you could plug in a standard
> Ethernet Card to any Mac, but I think you forget ethernet cards at the
> time were $700 on up. AppleTalk/LocalTalk was $50 or less and provide
> quite a bit of speed for the money.

What was a 'standard' Ethernet card?
Almost every model of Mac had Ethernet built in already.
Until the later PPC years, Macs were using NuBus cards, not ISA.
Ethernet didn't have just one plug type, either -- there were several
common types before the RJ-45 became ubiquitous.
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