John,

Boy,, If your ethernet cards use coax they are really old. I haven't seen
those in over a decade.

That type of ethernet is called "thin". I think it's 2mb per second max. If
memory serves, machines using this type of set up are indeed daisy chained
together with tees. The last one usually has a terminator cap. I don't know
for sure if TV cable will, or will not work. Seems to me that the center
conductor was much thinner than TV stuff. One things for sure, if the
impedence isn't right it won't.

Why don't you just get some PCI cards with a standard RJ45 plug. The
machines would have to be over 15 years old to not have PCI slots, in which
case you should just toss em.

It's allot easier to hook up multiple machines using a cheap hub, or switch.
Peer to peer is the easiest to set up, but requires that the "Netbui"
protocol be installed on all machines. TCPIP protocol is much more involved,
and far from automatic

Regards

Mark


"JohnM" wrote in message
m...
Can I assume I can hook comuters with various Windows OS's together with
ethernet cards and coax? If so, will a Win95 OS pretty well know what to
do assuming I can get the thing to recognize the hardware or is it going
to be a real pain to make work?

What sort of cable do these cards need? The same a TV uses by any chance?

Many thanks,

John