[NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 87, Issue 8

[Chris Lepine]

Thanks so much for the warm welcome Sylvain, and thank you for the additional help with the 3Com card - I did not realize there were multiple chipsets/versions on that card. My first step has been in setting up an old Windows 95 machine for serial communications, so I can start installing packages. Soon I hope to find a compatible PCMCIA Wifi card as well.

En franglish:
Je parle un peu de Français, mais mon vocabulaire pour les ordinateurs est pauvre! :) Je suis surpris avec le nombre de personnes avec Newtons en France et Quebec!

Thank you/merci,
Chris

> On Mar 4, 2021, at 10:06 PM, newtontalk-request at newtontalk.net wrote:
> 
> Welcome here Chris :-)
> 
> Every Newton OS user knows Royce Walthrop ;-)
> Sorry it really got factory reset. 
> 
> For your 3Com card, you need to install the FarallonEthernet.pkg driver (http://message-pad.net/Download/Drivers/EthernetCards/FarallonEthernet.pkg <http://message-pad.net/Download/Drivers/EthernetCards/FarallonEthernet.pkg>)
> And if your card has the reference 3C589D (or 3C589, 3C589B, 3C589C) you must also add the patch 3comaddon.pkg (http://message-pad.net/Download/Drivers/EthernetCards/3comaddon.pkg <http://message-pad.net/Download/Drivers/EthernetCards/3comaddon.pkg>).
> On the other hand if your card has one of the following references (3CXE589DT, 3CXE589ET, 3CXE589EC) then you need the patch 3c589.pkg instead of 3comaddon.pkg (http://message-pad.net/Download/Drivers/EthernetCards/3c589.pkg <http://message-pad.net/Download/Drivers/EthernetCards/3c589.pkg>).