Subject: Re: VLB NE2100 Card HELP!
To: None <mycroft@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
From: Robert L. Shady <rls@zeus.id.net>
List: current-users
Date: 04/26/1994 18:41:16
> How do you talk with the card, if not through DMA? And how can it be
> called `NE2100 compatible' if it doesn't do DMA?
That was my thoughts exactly, but the technician claims it to be an
"autoscanning" device, or something similar, and since it is a local
bus controller, it doesn't need the DMA channel. You only need to
specify IRQ & Port address.
Details:
Mitron LX-2100v
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VESA VL-Bus specification
High perfomance peak transfer rate of 132 Mbyte/Sec at 33Mhz
32-Bit Bus Master
Microwire EEPROM interface supports jumperless design
RJ-45 port for Unshielded twisted pair cable (10Base-T)
BNC port for thin ethernet (10Base-2)
Conforms to ISO 8802-3 (ANSI/IEEE 802.3) standard
10 MBps transmission rate using CSMA/CD method
Support for IRQ 3, 5, 10, 15
I/O Base address : 200h - 3FFh (per 20h offset)
Chipset
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PCnet-32 AMD AM79C965KC 40485HX A1
Lemme know if there is any hope.. Cost me $86 a piece.
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