From: johndeer@yabbs
To: hiro@yabbs
Subject: re: HP Network...
Date: Mon Apr 19 12:02:15 1993

as for ethernet on a mac laptop (i'll assume you're talking about a 
powerbook then).  You can get a twisted-pair ethernet card for the MAc, 
and you can also get a  10base2 ethernet card for the mac.  It's not that 
hard, the only problem you'll have is a lack of internal expansion slots 
on powerbooks.  I assume it is also available externally, but i'm really 
not sure.  I guess you could plug it into the modem port.  If you've gort 
got a bunch of macs, get a Farallon card for Pc-Localtalk, and make your 
pc-server also a node on an appletalk network.  If you have multiple 
appletalk nodes, this is best, because an appletalk network is much 
cheaper than an ethernet network (appletalk uses standard, radio-shack 
grade modular phone wire).  speed will suffer, but it's all a cost-use 
analysis.

john Deere