[SunRescue] Re: [Packrats] [non-sun] need Mac parts!

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 07:20:14PM -0600, Bill Bradford wrote:
> I just bought Amy a Quadra 840AV with monitor.  Got some questions:
> 	4 72pin SIMM slots - parity or non-parity?  Anybody got some
> 	cheap 16meggers they'll sell?
> 	Has an AAUI ethernet interface on teh back, but I have no AAUI to
> 	10base-T adapters (or AAUI to normal AUI, for that matter, which
> 	would also work).  I picked up an Asante ethernet card (NuBus) 
> 	dated '91 or so, should this work in the box?  (the 840AV came
> 	out in '93, discontinued '94).
> 	Any suggestions on as-cheap-as-possible 24bit cards?
> 	Anybody got MacOS 8.1 on CD-ROM they'll let go cheap?
> Thanks. 8-)  
> Bill

Ignore the ethernet question - the card went into slot 1, got recognized by
the OS, and now the box is up and on the net - but without Internet software
(ftp, netscape, anything) of any kind... arugh.  Maybe its floppy drive can
read PC disks that I can put stuff on... ?

Bill

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