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Apple TokenTalk NB User's Guide (1989)

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The Apple TokenTalk NB User's Guide is Apple Computer's owner's manual for the TokenTalk NB Card, the 4 Mbit/s token ring card for the Macintosh II family, copyright 1989. The scan is of a 70-page pre-release copy, with "Apple Confidential" printed on every page.[1]

Contents

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The guide's own contents list, without page numbers in the scan:[2]

  • About This Guide
  • 1 Introduction to TokenTalk: overview, token ring network components, software that runs on the card, system requirements, package contents
  • 2 Installing the Hardware: installing the card, testing it with the User Confidence Test, connecting to the network cable, moving the computer
  • 3 Installing the Software: making a TokenTalk startup disk, selecting TokenTalk
  • 4 Using TokenTalk: network configuration, internets, switching the network connection, AppleTalk zones, removing TokenTalk
  • 5 Troubleshooting: problems and solutions, messages, checking the network
  • Glossary and index

What this manual does not contain

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There is no circuit description, schematic, parts list or connector pinout. For the card's DE-9 pinout see Apple's Peripheral Interface Guide, p. 20. The guide covers the TokenTalk NB Card only, not the later Token Ring 4/16 NB or NB/c cards.

Pages that cite this document

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Download: Apple TokenTalk NB User's Guide (draft, 1989).pdf

References

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  1. ↑ Apple TokenTalk NB User's Guide, title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 1-2).
  2. ↑ Apple TokenTalk NB User's Guide, Contents (PDF pp. 3-5).