Re: HELP: What ether controller is in VAXMATE

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From: Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 02:21

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In article <84255@netnews.upenn.edu>, STEIN_A@mscf.med.upenn.edu (Alan Stein) writes:
> I'm interested in hooking a VAXMATE up to a thin-wire
>  network of unix machines running TCP/IP.  I have the 
> clarkson packet drivers and CUTCP which I am hoping to 
> run on the VAXMATE.  My problem is that I have 
> absolutely no idea what driver (and what interrupts/addrs) 
> to use.  Does anyone on this newsgroup know?  (or can 
> tell me definitively that this is an inane idea that won't 
> ever work)?

  The VAXmate has a built-in implementation of the DEPCA with a few differ-
ences. Note that (as of the last time I looked) the Clarkson kit's DEPCA
driver only worked with "new" DEPCAs and not the original one. [DEC had this
disturbing tendancy to call all their PC Ethernet cards "DEPCA" although they
had _very_ different programming interfaces].

  DEC's PCSA for the VAXmate used a driver called DLLLANCE, while the DEPCA
cards used DLLDEPCA, so there are some differences. If you wanted to do it
yourself, you could get the data sheet for the AMD Lance (Local Area Network
Controller for Ethernet) chip. You'd probably also need the VAXmate Technical
Reference Manual (parts 1 & 2).

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	+1 201 915 9381

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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
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Subject: Re: HELP:  What ether controller is in VAXMATE
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