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From: j_rodin@hpfcso.HP.COM (Jon Rodin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: PD Software for 3270 PC Ethernet Card
Message-ID: <7260005@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Dec 90 14:25:27 GMT
References: <1990Dec4.175152.21405@cs.city.ac.uk>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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>    We have acquired an IBM generic ethernet-type card from an old 3270 PC.
>    Does anyone know of a software driver for these cards?
>    
>This is likely to be the "IBM Baseband Adapter", which is an OEM version
>of the U-B PC/NIC

The original IBM PC LAN card was a baseband adapter OEM'ed from Sytek, now
Hughes.  The only API available for the card (withouth programming directly
to hardware) is NetBIOS which is in ROM on the card.

Jon
j_rodin@cnd.hp.com