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On Thu, 04 Jan 96 01:28:37 GMT, David Longley <David@longley.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Digital ISA DE200 NEtwork Card & WFWG/Endeavour Board etc?
>
>I  am  having  problems getting Digital DE200 16  bit  ISA  cards 
>working on a Windows for Workgroups Network.
>
>The system works fine with WD8003 8 bit cards.
>
>System 1: P120
>          Intel Endeavour Board
>          256K Pipeline Cache
>          32MB EDO RAM
>          Latest Intel BIOS
>          On Board Vibra16 Sound Card
>
>          PCI AHA 2940
>          Diamond Stealth VRAM 2MB Card
>          
>
>I've taken Adaptec out and the symptoms are the same, the  system 
>gets verious distances through booting and just hangs.
>
>
>
>The D200 has a 12 bit DIP Switch.
>
>
>buffersize  	sw1  	sw2  	sw3  	sw4    
>--------------------------------------------------
>64kb        	0     	1    	1    	1       c0000-cffff
>		1	1	1	1	d0000-dffff(default)	
>
>		0	0	1	1	e0000-effff (?)										
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>32kb		0	1	0	1	c8000-cffff
>		1	1	0	1	d8000-dffff
>		0	0	0	1	e8000-effff (?)
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>2kb		0	0	0	0	xxxxx      (??)		
>
>(?) sometimes problems
>
>sw5 i/o range 300 - 30F  1
>              200 - 20F  0
>sw6 Remote boot selection 
>    Disable              1
>    emable               0
>sw7 remote boot periodetime
>    30seconds		  0
>    150seconds            1
>
>sw8      irq5
>sw9      irq9
>sw10     irq10
>sw11     irq11
>sw12     irq15
>
>I've tried just about everything I can think of and can't get the 
>system to get to the DOS prompt!!
>
>System 2
>
>
>486-100DX
>16 MB RAM
>Bus Logic 545S SCSI Card (supporting 2 drives)
>Oak technology VGA Card
>DE200
>
>With this one, the system boots OK (32 bit buffer) and RAM 0300,
>IRQ  5. But when the system enters Windows, there's a  very  long 
>delay.  The system can't communicate with the P120  system  (when 
>the P120 is using the WD8003 8 bit card).
>
>
>1) Has anyone had a DE200 working with an Endeavour Board?
>
>2) Can anyone suggest a configuration which WILL work?
>
>
>---
>David Longley

Looking in my DE200 manual it would appear that you have some of the switch
settings incorrect, in particular the memory addressing range & size selection
are totally incorrect.

Should be :-

buffersize  	sw1  	sw2  	sw3  	sw4    
--------------------------------------------------
64kb        	1     	1    	1    	1       c0000-cffff
		1	0	1	1	d0000-dffff(default)	

		0	1	1	1	e0000-effff

----------------------------------------------------------------------
32kb		1	1	0	0	c8000-cffff
		1	0	0	0	d8000-dffff
		0	1	0	0	e8000-effff

Note some PCs do not support the E0000-EFFFF or E8000-EFFFF address range

I don't have an Endeavour board but do have a DE200 working in my 486-80/DX2
In various machines I have generally found that the default settings work fine
i.e. SW1-SW12 on,off,on,on,on,on,off,on,off,off,off,off

-- 
Nigel Barker - nigel@openvms.demon.co.uk