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From: driehuis@uvabick.UUCP (Bert Driehuis)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: I have this friend who ...
Message-ID: <2645@uvabick.UUCP>
Date: 21 Aug 89 01:31:58 GMT
References: <537@stdc01.UUCP>
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Keywords: TCP/IP IBM-PC DEC-DEPCA

In article <537@stdc01.UUCP>, mjones@stdc01.UUCP (Michael Jones) writes:
> A friend is using an environment consisting of an
> IBM-PC (True-Blue, but unknown model), a TCP/IP 
> implementation from CMU/MIT, and an ethernet board
> whose manufacturer's name I have forgotten.
> 
> He wants to change Ethernet controller boards, and
> plans to use a DEC "DEPCA" board (Don't know why).
> 
> He asked me to see if anyone could share experience
> with this combination of equipment, and if there is
> an existing device driver for the DEPCA board.
> 
> Can you help?
Not really, I'm afraid... In the shop where I spend my days as a systems
administrator, we have a lot of DEPCA's. They are very fine boards, *if*
you run DEC's PCSA. They beat the hell out of an InterLan 5010 or a
3COM 3C501.

DEPCA's contain an Ethernet processor called the LANCE. The one in our 
boards is the Advanced Micro Devices AMD 7990.

I haven't seen *any* driver for the LANCE processor for use with PCIP.
I am at a stage right now where I'm going to get the spec sheets and
attempt to hack one up myself (that is, as soon as I get PCIP compiled
under Turbo C :-) ).

Can anyone save me the hassle?
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