Richard Town wrote in a message to All:
RT> Hi All...
RT> Anyone recognise this network card?
RT> WD8013EBT 16-bit edge with 15 way connector and BNC
RT> Jumpers are for AUI (what is this?) and thin ethernet
RT> with an IRQ jumper tag 3 4 5 7 2/9 10 11 15
RT> A ROM jumper 16K 32K 64K NONE, an address jumper
RT> C4000 C8000 D0000 with a ROM size jumper (but no
RT> ROM chip)
RT> It has a network address sticker with 0000C0 7F1307
This is a Western Digital 8013 Ethernet card. WD sold the whole product line
to SMC, and the drivers are available on the Internet at
ttp://www.smc.com".
RT> I've not done any LAN before so what are the 15-way
RT> connector pinouts? Can this be used as a domestic
RT> LAN card with WfWg3.11?
AUI connectors, which are DB-15 style, are for Thick Ethernet.
What is a "domestic LAN card?"
RT> With thanx from a LAN newbie for any reply...
RT> Later,
RT> Well, WfWG detects this as a SMC EtherCard Plus 16 with Boot
RT> ROM So guess primary info wanted is: can this card be used
RT> with a "standard" LAN setup using the 15 way AUI connector
RT> (and 'spose a termination is required on the BNC)?
You probably do not want to use the AUI connectors. To use them, you would
need transcievers that interfaced the DB-15 to your trunk coax, or you would
at least need a converting transceiver that connected the DB-15 to one of the
other flavors of Ethernet.
The card uses either the AUI or BNC connector, not both at the time. The BNC
connector is for standard Thin Ethernet. You would need tee-connectors and
terminators in order to use Thin Ethernet.
RT> Incidentally, doing what I thought was an install with this
RT> card, base memory address D0000 with base I/O port 280
RT> IRQ10, Syschk does detect alright at the correct IRQ but MSD
RT> not.
MSD is useless. When you download the drivers disk for the card, it will
have various utilities needed for configuration and diagnostics.
-- Mike
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