AppleShare PC: No Support For Digital‘s DEC Network Card LC



Does Apple support Digital's DEC Etherworks LC card for the PC with
AppleShare PC 2.0?

AppleShare PC can work with any network card that has an ODI (Open
Data-Link Interface) compliant MLID. However, the only MLIDs we know of
are those supplied with AppleShare PC. We haven't heard of anyone writing
one for a DEC Ethernet card, although it could be done.

If you know of someone interested in developing an MLID for a specific
card, information is available from APDA in the form of the Open Data-Link
Interface Developer's Guide, part number M0355LL/A. This document details
the specification, and provides example source code for a working driver.
For more details, search the Technical Info library under "APDA."


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012