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From: GR.MRB@isumvs.iastate.edu (MARK BERAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: ESDI vs AT bus ethernet card for Z-386
Message-ID: <1991Feb14.184820.26642@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 14 Feb 91 18:48:20 GMT
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In article <1991Feb11.215514.1768@yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca>,
henry@yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca writes:
>I have a Z386/20 that I want to put on an ethernet network.  Since it
>has both ESDI and AT slots, I was wondering:
>
>  1)  Does anyone make ethernet cards for ESDI
>  2)  Is it worth the extra money
>
>Thanks,
>-Henry Bland


ESDI?  Enhanced Small Device Interface?  This is a hard drive
interface, not a bus architecture.  What you have is ISA expansion
slots (Industry Standard Architecture - AT if you will).  We have
chosen to use the 8-bit Western Digital WD8003e ethernet board for
most of our workstations, and the 16-bit Western Digital WD8013ebt
for our servers.  You should be able to get them for around $160
and $250 respectively.

Good Luck.  Mark.