3Mb Ethernet

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Apr 24 00:44:53 2001

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Roger Merchberger wrote:

> Rumor has it that Mike Ford may have mentioned these words:
> >> I have a PureData Arcnet hub that I picked up in a thrift. It has 8BNC
> >>connectors and 2 RJ11's labelled Arclink. It's dated Aug/90.
> >> It came with a fuse missing and I've never had the occasion or
> motivation to
> >>check it out, nor the Arcnet NICs for that matter.
> >
> >What should I look for on a network card that would mark it as ARCNET
> >instead of just coax something else?
>
> At least in the PeeCee world, every arcnet card I've ever seen had an 8-up
> DIP switch to set the Arcnet address - IIRC you can only have 256 arcnet
> cards on a network.

Also, virtually every one that I have seen carries a flat epoxy coated
1x2" circuit package with 20-pins along one of the long edges.

                                                 - don
 
> HTH,
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger
> --
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
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>
> If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
> disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
>
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