[Info-vax] An alternative history of computing

[Andrew Commons]

On Saturday, 17 July 2021 at 8:42:27 am UTC+9:30, gah4 wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 10:40:38 AM UTC-7, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/14/alternative_history_computer_revolution/ 
> > 
> > DEC is mentioned (and keep reading to the end.)
> So, was there an Ethernet card for the Apple II?

If you want a nice view of what  was going on in those times look at "Accidental Empires" by  
Robert X. Cringely (aka Mark Stephens).

In terms of Apple and Ethernet..In about 1990 my home office and development environment 
consisted of an Apple IIsi, MicroVax2000, and a DecStation 2100. They all ran DECnet. In the 
case of the Apple it was using an Apple Ethernet card with 3rd party DECnet software (the DECnet 
specification was freely available). The IIsi had a laserprinter attached and made a nice little print 
server for the MicroVAX and DecStation.