Subj : 10 net
To   : TOM WALKER
From : Roy J. Tellason
Date : Sat Aug 06 2005 07:36 am

TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

RJT>RJT>What make/model are they?

RJT> TW> They are a Model SN2000, China special.
RJT> TW> the box says NE2000 compatable Eathernet card, jumperless with auto
RJT> TW> detection on 8/16 bit slots.

RJT>Ah, I have some of those.  Or something like that,  anyhow,  I
RJT>think the one I have give a jumper to select the interrupt.  I wonder 
RJT>how they handle that "automatic"?

TW>  There are NO jumpers on the Circuit card and according to the Box
TW> they  are "Software Configurable" and there is a floppy in the box.
TW> It also says they are NE2000 Driver compatable.
TW> The card also has a empty ROM socket on it but I doubt the ROM is
TW> still avialble.

Pretty many of those cards had a rom socket,  and somewhere I had some info 
about where you could get an image file that would work in some of the ones 
that I have.  I also got a hold of some 3c509 cards that have the roms on them, 
 but haven't done anything with them yet.  I have more of those than anything 
else,  and they seem to work better than the NE2000 clones,  a bit less of a 
load on the systems.

TW> Actialy I got them as I had intended soem years back because of
TW> trhe stocl of RG cable I had was to use the BNC connection to
TW> network a couple of computers. Like soem of my projects it didn't
TW> come about. They were out of signt and out of mind so the last tiem
TW> I recycels a batch of Circuit cards they were left behind. Ironlcly
TW> i nthat last re-cycling I turned in a Combo 56K/X2 rockwell
TW> Modem/Sound card that I could use right now!!  :-)  :-)

I'm still looking for an external modem to use here,  so I can stop switching 
cables from one machine to another.  Not all that easy to find these days!

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