Re: tlug: Parallel Port Ethernet Adapter Source?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

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tlug note from "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>
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>>>>> "John" == John Little <gaijin@example.com> writes:

    John> I just want to be able to transfer files between the laptop
    John> and my print server without using a floppy (it turns out
    John> that the Dynabook won't even boot when an ethernet card is
    John> plugged into the PCMCIA slot :-( ).

Huh?  I thought avoiding that kinda dreck was what PCMCIA (and
standards in general) were all about.  How "old" is this Dynabook?
Oh, I see, you DON'T have a PCMCIA slot, you have a JEIDA slot!

Does anybody know any other caveats about Toshibas?  A student asked
me for information on notebooks.  She can't afford "export" prices, at
least not if she wants to get decent MIPS/$$$.  She only wants to run
DOS/Windows/Windows 95, but if the internals are that mucky still, I
wouldn't bet on US versions running properly!  Oh, by the way, she's
returning to Kazakhstan in April so I suspect that she won't have
access to high-level hardware support services....

The "old" days when every Japanese manufacturer had a different floppy
format and their 3.5" floppy drives would only read/write 1.2MB are
looking better all the time; you weren't surprised by
incompatibilities....

Humph.  Now I now why the camel looks so funny and has such a sour
disposition; he had to deal with Japanese "standards"!  (Read your
Kipling....)

Ciao.

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                            Stephen J. Turnbull
Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences                    Yaseppochi-Gumi
University of Tsukuba                      http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/
Tel: +81 (298) 53-5091;  Fax: 55-3849              turnbull@example.com
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