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Are these rare?
Posted by: CVKealey on 2018-01-23 17:40:42
Found a few Farallon ethernet bits, just wondering if these are commonplace or somewhat rare.

EtherWave AAUI transceiver



EtherMac Mac/PB Adapter
Posted by: beachycove on 2018-01-23 18:43:40
Somewhat rare.

Is the skate-shaped one a device with a serial connection on the wire? If so, then I believe that there was a control panel or extension that bridged LocalTalk and IP on pre Open Transport systems. It required an external power supply.
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2018-01-23 20:16:42
And it was FAST  .  .  .  for a serial connection.
Posted by: CVKealey on 2018-01-24 05:08:55
Somewhat rare.

Is the skate-shaped one a device with a serial connection on the wire? If so, then I believe that there was a control panel or extension that bridged LocalTalk and IP on pre Open Transport systems. It required an external power supply.
No serial connection. AAUI on the end of the cable, two RJ-45 jacks on the other end. Kind of a neat idea and a bit easier/cheaper than getting a hub or having another network jack installed.

The other one (Mac/PB adapter) apparently is a LocalTalk > Ethernet bridge, powered by ADB. 
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2018-01-24 06:36:20
Pretty sure that's the one that plays tricks with Serial I/O to get higher than usual speeds for the Ethernet conversion. It was a big deal back in the day. Search the MacWorld/MacUser archives from contemporary dates for info in the reviews and adverts.

Got some better pics of it to upload here?
Posted by: CVKealey on 2018-01-24 06:45:21
Pretty sure that's the one that plays tricks with Serial I/O to get higher than usual speeds for the Ethernet conversion. It was a big deal back in the day. Search the MacWorld/MacUser archives from contemporary dates for info in the reviews and adverts.

Got some better pics of it to upload here?
Here's the front of it. There are RJ45 and RG58 coax connections on the lower end. The cable end is 8-pin LocalTalk and the coiled wire connects to the ADB port for power and has an ADB passthrough port as well.
Posted by: Cory5412 on 2018-01-24 06:48:54
The Etherwave AUI device shown (the skate/triangular one) is what I'd classify as "maybe uncommon, but not particularly rare" - there's plenty of them hanging out in the Re•PC in Seattle, as an example. I've got a few, some are plastic and some are metal, sizes varied a little bit. They are convenient for the reason that you can string a few systems together without a hub or switch, or hang a few off a single hub/switch port.

The Mac/PB is interesting. I would initially have said it looks like a local talk to ethertalk bridge which, again, are "maybe uncommon, but not particularly rare" but it actually does look like it's more straightforwardly a serial-connected network interface. That could be really handy in a different way from a normal ET/LT adapter. It's definitely a neat find.
Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2018-01-24 07:02:58
Couple that with a ThinNet to 10bT Transceiver, the Vonets(?) WiFi module and a wall wart as a WiFi Dock for any driver compatible PowerBook. [😉]

Posted by: Dandu on 2018-01-24 11:44:40
Actually, the Mac PB is an LocalTalk to EtherTalk adapter, but he can draw power from ADB (or external adapter).

Many Farallon adapter are faster than "normal" adapter : with an external quartz, it's possible to speed up the connexion to ~1 Mb/s (only ~230 kb/s with Localtalk). But only with driver and Farallon adapter.
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