HIT: Networking Macs

[Cathy Tenney <jcmc@BRIGHT.NET>]

Thanks for all the quick responses about networking older macs such as
LCII's, LCIII's, 575, 580 etc.

Ethernet Cards can be purchased from MacWarehouse or T.D. Curran.  Check out
website for Curran at http://www.tdcurran.com.  I received information from
another listserv I belong to for Ohio tech coordinators that recommended
Curran because of cost & service.

Everyone suggested upgrading memory.  The upgrades ranged from
8MB to 32 MB.  Everyone who responded is using Netscape as their browser,
most use version 2.02 however those who upgraded the memory to 20 MB or 32Mb
are running 3.0 and had very few problems.  Problems experienced with
machines freezing has to do with memory.  That is why it is extremely
important to upgrade memory.

One thing to keep in mind especially if you have new machines, the older
MACs will run slower but in my opinion it much better than nothing at all
when you are on a limited budget.

I had only one negative comment about Windows NT.

Hope this helps everyone who is getting ready to network their building(s).

If I get any different responses I will post them later.

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