On Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 6:17:46 PM UTC-5, Louis Ohland wrote:

https://www.ardent-tool.com/adapters/adf/@612d.adf

Well, at least I found it.

Now to search for the "DL/2"
Louis Ohland wrote:

https://web.archive.org/web/19961123054439/http://copstalk.com/software/lt/ltfiles.html

COPS DL/2 (formerly Dayna DL/2) & LT-M* (formerly DayStar LT-200)

SKU#:
LT/2 30106
LT-M 30115*
MSRP $399.00
Computers Supported:
MicroChannel Architecture (MCA) PC Bus

Uh, are those for both ISA and MCA?

Louis Ohland wrote:

https://web.archive.org/web/19961123051425/http://copstalk.com/product/lt/ltboard.html



Louis Ohland wrote:

Tracking the jabberwocky

DL2000 & DL/2
Dayna Communications, Inc has sold its DL LocalTalk Adapters for IBM
Compatible ISA PC's and MCA PS/2's to CoOperative Printing Solutions. >>>
COPS may be reached at:
5950 Live Oak Parkway - Suite 175
Norcross, GA 30093
(770) 840-0810 - Voice
(770) 448-7821 - Fax
(770) 840-0831 - BBS
COPS - AppleLink

On the Dayna site in '96, they already purged their support.
Continuing to search.

Steven Mac84 wrote:

Hello everyone,

My name is Steve, I run a YouTube channel called Mac84, but although >>>> my focus is Apple stuff, I do enjoy all vintage systems. David
(IBMMuseum) suggested I make a post here (and elsewhere) to try and >>>> learn more about the interesting MC card I have.

I have an IBM 50z and I bought this DaynaTalk MC LocalTalk card. It >>>> has a mini-din 8 connector on it for plugged into Apple's LocalTalk >>>> or Farallon's PhoneNet cable systems. I have the ADF file
(@612D.ADF) and the system sees the card. It also doesn't seem to be >>>> the longer version I've seen photos of online, mine is probably 6-7 >>>> inches in length.

However, I am very, very curious as to what software is compatible
with this card?

In my testing Apple's AppleShare PC and Farallon's PhoneNET software >>>> don't seem to see the card. Farallon's PhoneNET set up program does >>>> show a list of network cards it works with, including a DayStart MC >>>> card, but it doesn't seem to be compatible with my DaynaTalk card.
Whereas Apple's software halts the MS-DOS booting process when
trying to start the services under DOS 3.31.

The only lead I have is someone mentioning TOPS to me, but I am very >>>> curious if anyone is aware of any software that works with this card. >>>>
Thanks!
-Steve

Hi Louis,

Thanks for the information. Yes, I found the ADF file which is how I got it "seen" by my system.

It appears (if I'm digesting this correctly) in order to get this card working on my IBM PS/2 50z, I'll need to find a DOS-compatible version of the COPStalk software. Unfortunately version 2.0 on the Internet Archive is for Windows 95. But I guess it's
a start. If anyone has older versions they've found for DOS, please let me know. :-)

-Steve

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https://www.ardent-tool.com/adapters/adf/@612d.adf

Well, at least I found it.

Now to search for the "DL/2"

Louis Ohland wrote:

https://web.archive.org/web/19961123054439/http://copstalk.com/software/lt/ltfiles.html

COPS DL/2 (formerly Dayna DL/2) & LT-M* (formerly DayStar LT-200)

SKU#:
    LT/2 30106
    LT-M 30115*
    MSRP $399.00
Computers Supported:
    MicroChannel Architecture (MCA) PC Bus

Uh, are those for both ISA and MCA?

Louis Ohland wrote:

https://web.archive.org/web/19961123051425/http://copstalk.com/product/lt/ltboard.html



Louis Ohland wrote:

Tracking the jabberwocky

DL2000 & DL/2
Dayna Communications, Inc has sold its DL LocalTalk Adapters for IBM
Compatible ISA PC's and MCA PS/2's to CoOperative Printing Solutions.

COPS may be reached at:
5950 Live Oak Parkway - Suite 175
Norcross, GA 30093
(770) 840-0810 - Voice
(770) 448-7821 - Fax
(770) 840-0831 - BBS
COPS - AppleLink

On the Dayna site in '96, they already purged their support.
Continuing to search.

Steven Mac84 wrote:

Hello everyone,

My name is Steve, I run a YouTube channel called Mac84, but although
my focus is Apple stuff, I do enjoy all vintage systems. David
(IBMMuseum) suggested I make a post here (and elsewhere) to try and
learn more about the interesting MC card I have.

I have an IBM 50z and I bought this DaynaTalk MC LocalTalk card. It
has a mini-din 8 connector on it for plugged into Apple's LocalTalk
or Farallon's PhoneNet cable systems. I have the ADF file
(@612D.ADF) and the system sees the card. It also doesn't seem to be
the longer version I've seen photos of online, mine is probably 6-7
inches in length.

However, I am very, very curious as to what software is compatible
with this card?

In my testing Apple's AppleShare PC and Farallon's PhoneNET software
don't seem to see the card. Farallon's PhoneNET set up program does
show a list of network cards it works with, including a DayStart MC
card, but it doesn't seem to be compatible with my DaynaTalk card.
Whereas Apple's software halts the MS-DOS booting process when
trying to start the services under DOS 3.31.

The only lead I have is someone mentioning TOPS to me, but I am very
curious if anyone is aware of any software that works with this card.

Thanks!
-Steve

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What packages are we talking about? DAYNA would be the period software,
COPS might support it. Maybe.

Steven Mac84 wrote:

It appears (if I'm digesting this correctly) in order to get this card working on my IBM PS/2 50z, I'll need to find a DOS-compatible version of the COPStalk software. Unfortunately version 2.0 on the Internet Archive is for Windows 95. But I guess it'

s a start. If anyone has older versions they've found for DOS, please let me know.:-)

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On Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 7:28:26 PM UTC-5, Louis Ohland wrote:

What packages are we talking about? DAYNA would be the period software,
COPS might support it. Maybe.
Steven Mac84 wrote:

It appears (if I'm digesting this correctly) in order to get this card working on my IBM PS/2 50z, I'll need to find a DOS-compatible version of the COPStalk software. Unfortunately version 2.0 on the Internet Archive is for Windows 95. But I guess

it's a start. If anyone has older versions they've found for DOS, please let me know.:-)
Sorry, maybe I'm confused. There was a lot posted above...

I looked at the links that were posted, but I didn't seem to see any reference to specific DAYNA software. But it's possible I missed it. I did see references to COPStalk, which is an AppleTalk/LocalTalk software package for Windows 3.1 / 95. I found
version 2 online, but again this is for Windows 95.

For the Dayna MC card I have I'd need DOS software. Therefore, I'm trying to determine what software I need (besides the ADF file, which I have) to get this card working with my IBM 50z running DOS.
It is not anyone's fault if this can't be determined, I'm just curious if anyone knew the answer. I see references to driver disks and software disks online, but they don't specify if they are from Dayna or bundles from other companies (like COPStalk).

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Looking about, nothing much. I had hoped that Dayna might have the
drivers, but the earliest Dayna is in the Internet Archive is late '96,
all the MCA stuff is gone... :(

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I have pronounced it as "day-NA" - My AppleTalk stuff is around here somewhere.

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On 20/2/23 02:08, IBMMuseum wrote:

I have pronounced it as "day-NA" - My AppleTalk stuff is around here somewhere.

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