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From: Michael Squires <mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Western Digital Ethernet Cards
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.112012.17880@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Summary: WD8013EBT and Orchid ProDesigner II conflicts 
Keywords: board conflicts
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.
References: <211@gouche.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 91 11:20:02 -0500

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In article <211@gouche.UUCP> grant@gouche.UUCP (Grant Munsey) writes:
>I am about to set up an ethernet/nfs network 'twixt a 386
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>with this card using its 10baseT connector. I have a Adaptec 1542b,
>Orchid Prodesigner II vga and AST 4 port cards in the 386 right now. Any
>known hangups with adding the WD card to this setup?

I tried briefly to use a WD8013 with an Orchid ProDesigner II; it failed to
boot DOS (controller was a WD1007V).  Replacing it with an Oak got the system
to boot.  I tried various configurations but nothing seemd to work; I assume
that I need to move the WD memory out of the Orchid Pro II region but got bored
before I tried that out.

On the positive side I've found the WD cards to be super reliable; we use
the 8-bit version here in large numbers.  This message is being entered
on a 486/25 using a WD8003EPR under SCO ODT 1.0, and the WD is very solid.
-- 

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