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From: Roy Wood <rrwood@io.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Apple localtalk card?
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 96 17:07:57 -0500
Organization: Silicon Angst Software
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In article <534to9w1z0.fsf@virtue.vide.coventry.ac.uk>, Justin Murdock 
writes:

> Has anybody had a go at driving a localtalk or phonenet card from
> freeBSD?
> 
> I want to run something like CAP, but also want to keep apple's
> protocols off the ether. Most interested in the printing aspects,
> and I think there's a Farallon ISA phonenet card kicking around
> somewhere.

It's got a proprietary interface that uses a Real-Mode DOS driver.  :-(

-Roy