performa + ethernet?

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zvonxzvonx
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I just got a hold of a performa 6214 with a really nice laser printer so I'm wondering can I put an ethernet card in the performa or is there some way that I can get my G4 to communicate with this machine? I want to use the printer but I don't really want to buy an $85 serial converter...



Thanks for any and all ideas!



joshua

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    get info on the mac here: <a href="http://members.shaw.ca/mactracker/"; target="_blank">Mactracker</a>



    If the Performa has a Ethernet port, you could buy a ethernet hub (switch ?) and connect all your machines, including the printer (if he has a ethernet port) to it. If the printer has no ethernet port you should buy the converter.



    If only the performa has a ethernet port, you would have to connect your printer to it.

    i'm not sure if OS 9 will run on it, but if it would, you could use printer sharing (no ?)

    The downside of that would be that your performa must be running while printing...
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    zvonxzvonx Posts: 9member
    It doesn't have an ethernet card, and I'm not sure exactly where I could find one. The slot looks like a PCI slot, but it is very far back on the motherboard.



    Does anyone know where to find an ethernet card for a performa?



    thanks

    joshua
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    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112333"; target="_blank">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112333</a>;



    look there. it has your machine's specs. no ethernet onboard, looks like that com port upgrade is the only way to go.



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