DEC AUI stuff (was re: A2065 Ethernet)

From: Rick Murphy <rmurphy_at_itm-inst.com>
Date: Mon Apr 15 16:32:13 2002

At 09:53 PM 4/14/02 -0700, Ethan Dicks wrote:

>--- Rick Murphy <rmurphy_at_itm-inst.com> wrote:
> > At 09:52 AM 4/13/02 -0500, pat_at_cart-server.purdueriots.com wrote:
> > >Looks like I'm getting my DEC 5-letter scrambles confused.
>
>Easy to do.
>
> > That's the DEBNT. (10 Megabit ethernet bridge).
>
>I'm pretty sure the two VAX-BI 10Mbps ethernet cards are the DEBNI
>and the DEBNT. The "B" this case being the distinguishing letter.
>
>Could be wrong, though.

Ethan, you're probably right - that's what I get for trying to do this from
memory.
The LanBridge 100 is a DEBET, not a DEBNT. (The LanBridge 200 is the DEBAM).
I think both of these predate the BI bus, which explains the "DEB" prefix.
         -Rick
Received on Mon Apr 15 2002 - 16:32:13 BST