[P1] 17" Laptops P.S.

[Jack Rodgers]

On Nov 4, 2003, at 12:31 PM, Brian Pearce wrote:

>> As a Post Script, LowEndMac states that the earliest PowerMac, the 
>> 6100 introduced in 1994 had a built-in ethernet port.

To quote <http://mathquest.com/epigone/amte/glerhodun>:

Now a $54 billion company, 3Com introduced its
first product, EtherLink - the first PC Ethernet network interface 
card, in
1982. Early 3Com customers included Trans-America Corp. and the White 
House.

And <http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa111598.htm>

And from  <http://www.betweenborders.com/io_icons/index.html> :

Add-in Ethernet cards have been available for the Macintosh almost 
since the Macintosh II introduced NuBusexpansion slots to the Macintosh 
world in March 1987.

That would put the Mac using Ethernet 5 years after 3Com introduced its 
first product, see above.
Were there cards available for the Plus or SE?

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