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In article <95114.175912GERSHON@vm.biu.ac.il>, GERSHON@vm.biu.ac.il 
says...
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>I "inherited" a Token Ring card,...
>TR ADDRESS ROM
>EB113    V1.00
>00001A004765
>...Did Texas Instruments ever make a Token Ring
>card, either on their own or for IBM?...Is it possible that this card
>is from  a different company?  Which company?


TI chipsets are an integral part of many different manufacturers' token 
ring cards. They are the primary vendor of token ring chipsets aside from 
IBM. The TI on the chips does not indicate a TI card. There is a clu in 
the ROM address. If that indeed corresponds to the MAC address of the 
card, the first 6 bytes is the OUI. Unfortunately, 00001A is not a 
publicly disclosed OUI according to the IEEE (keeper of those addresses).

See:

gopher://gopher.ieee.org:70/00/info/stds/info.stds.oui

for more inof on OUI's.

Although I didn't answer your question entirely, I hope this info helps.
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I can identify that card...... I helped build it several years ago....
The card was originally manufactured by Racore Computer Products....
but may have been sold under one of several other labels.... 

The card uses the TI chipset just as you have been told... the labels
you describe are the revision control markings for the 'firmware' on
the card.... From those labels, I can tell you that there have been
updates to the 'firmware' since that unit was sold. 

You can still get software and diagnostics for the unit.... You could
call Dave Jackson or Russ O'Brien at Racore.... 801 973-9779 .... tell
either of them you would like to get some information on a Model 8113
adapter....

Hope this helps.......R



In <95114.175912GERSHON@vm.biu.ac.il> Gershon Kunin
<GERSHON@vm.biu.ac.il> writes: 
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>I "inherited" a Token Ring card, with no name or manual.  I'd
appreciate
>if someone might be able to help me identify it and help me out with
it.
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>When I LOAD TOKEN on a Novell 3.12 server, it hangs the server.  I
take
>this to mean that, unless the card is defective, it's not entirely
compatible
>with the standard IBM Token Ring board.
>
>It's a full length card which sits in a 16 bit slot.  It has DB-15 and
RJ-45
>outlets at the back, and a 12-switch DIP block on the board.  The
switches
>are as follows:
>
>1-2       I/O Address
>3-4       IRQ
>5-6       Memory Address
>7-8       DMA Channel
>9         RPL Enable/Disable
>10        Speed
>11        DLoad ROM/RAM
>12        Type1/Type3
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>Towards the front of the card, there are 3 ROMS with labels.  They
read, from
>the front:
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>16/4 TURBO LLC
>(C) 1991 TI/IBM
>V2.00 LSB
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>16/4 TURBO LLC
>(C) 1991 TI/IBM
>V2.00 MSB
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>TR ADDRESS ROM
>EB113    V1.00
>00001A004765
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>There are two square chips on the board - I presume these are the main
>components.  There seems to be a picture of the state of Texas, with
the
>letters T  and I in it,  and the word LAN after it on these chips.  My
>guess is that this board might have been manufactured by Texas
Instruments,
>because of this picture and because of the "TI/IBM" on the ROMs.
>
>So here are a few questions:  Did Texas Instruments ever make a Token
Ring
>card, either on their own or for IBM?   Which driver would work for a
>Novell 3.12 server for this card?  Is there a diagnostic program I
could
>use to test the board and see if it works?  Is it possible that this
card
>is from  a different company?  Which company?
>
>Any answers to any of these questions would be highly appreciated.
>
>Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this through -
>-Gershon
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Ithink that the description of this card could be many differ types of cards
. but my best guess would be ether a andrew card or a smc card. watch for the 
net.cfg file so the speeds are set right and the inq and ports . find some 
one with a micro house software or e-mail me for futher help. I am a consulted 
starting out in consulting. I am a ecne and a cne>