Re: [NTLK] Connection Help

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Thu Apr 29 2004 - 10:27:34 PDT


On Apr 29, 2004, at 6:54 AM, Robert Benschop wrote:

> On 29-apr-04, at 15:18, Rowan Pope wrote:
>> Having never connected a newt to a PC and knowing there are connection
>> issues, is it possible to do it reliably with a modern PC? or do i
>> need an
>> old mac or old pc?
>
> I would always pick up an old Mac, they're reliable and either very
> cheap or free by now, any of the beige boxes with PowerPC in grey on
> the front will do.
> If I'm not completely mistaken all of these models have Ethernet built
> in. (but I might be wrong)
There are actually a couple of performa models with PowerPC, that do
not have ethernet.

Any of the beige Powermacs has ethernet built in. I am getting these
for free these days.

You don't even need a PPC really... 68K macs will work great for NCU.

Marty

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