Xref: utzoo comp.dcom.lans:7339 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc:4982 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!mshiels From: mshiels@tmsoft.uucp (Michael A. Shiels) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: PC/AT Ethernet card scorecard (Western-Digital) Message-ID: <1991Feb23.150237.9706@tmsoft.uucp> Date: 23 Feb 91 15:02:37 GMT Sender: mshiels@tmsoft.uucp (Michael A. Shiels) Organization: MaS Network Software and Consulting Lines: 457 Here is a preliminary scorecard for the WesternDigital line of ethernet cards. There has been lots of response for people wanting copies of the scorecard but I have had only 2 pieces of information mailed in. If this scorecard is to succeed I will need some more input from the people who have cards. PC/AT Ethernet Card Scorecard (Western-Digital) ----------------------------- . means the card does not have the attribute X means the card has the attribute ? means not verified one way or the other ECP means EtherCard Plus SCP means StarCard Plus SLP means StarLink Plus All WD cards have a software programmable interface RAM address Manufacturer |Card size| Cable plugs | Model | 1 3 1 | 10baseT|Fiber| | / / |AUI|Coax|STP|UTP| 11| 45|Optic| ____________________________|_2__4____|___|____|___|___|___|___|_____| WD | | | | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | ? ? ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | ? ? ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| ? ? ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003E ECP | X . . | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003E/A ECP/A | ? ? ? | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | ? ? ? | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | ? ? ? | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | ? ? ? | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003W ECP 10T | X . . | X | . | . | . | . | X | . | WD8003W/A ECP 10T/A | ? ? ? | ? | . | . | . | . | X | . | WD8003WT ECP TP | ? ? ? | X | . | . | X | . | . | . | WD8013EBT ECP16 | ? ? ? | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EP ECP Elite | ? ? ? | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | ? ? ? | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | ? ? ? | X | X | . | . | . | X | . | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | ? ? ? | X | . | . | . | . | X | . | 1/2 - 1/2 card or approximately 3/4 - 3/4 card or approximately 1 - full card or approximately AUI - standard thick ethernet Coax - standard thin ethernet STP - proprietary Shielded Twisted Pair UTP - proprietary Unshielded Twisted Pair 10BaseT 11 - 10baseT with RJ11 10BaseT 45 - 10baseT with RJ45 Fiber Optic - fiber optic (wow eh!) Manufacturer | LEDs present Model | Link | Transmit | Receive | Error | Parity | Integrity | ____________________________|__________|_________|_______|________|___________| WD | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003E ECP | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003E/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003W ECP 10T | X | X | . | X | X | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003WT ECP TP | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EBT ECP16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EP ECP Elite | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Manufacturer | FCC | Warranty | Model | | | | A | B | | ____________________________|___|___|__________| WD | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | ? | ? | ? | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | ? | ? | ? | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| ? | ? | ? | WD8003E ECP | X | . | 1 year | WD8003E/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | ? | ? | ? | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? | WD8003W ECP 10T | X | . | 1 year | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | ? | ? | ? | WD8003WT ECP TP | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EBT ECP16 | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EP ECP Elite | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | ? | ? | ? | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | ? | ? | ? | Manufacturer | Configuration Model | | Jumpers | Software | Software | ____________________________|_________|__setable_|__detect__| WD | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | X | ? | ? | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | X | ? | ? | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| X | ? | ? | WD8003E ECP | X | . | ? | WD8003E/A ECP/A | X | ? | ? | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | X | X | ? | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | X | . | ? | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | X | ? | ? | WD8003W ECP 10T | X | X | ? | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | X | ? | ? | WD8003WT ECP TP | X | ? | ? | WD8013EBT ECP16 | X | . | ? | WD8003EP ECP Elite | X | X | ? | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | X | X | ? | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | X | X | ? | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | X | X | ? | Software detect - is the ability of the software drivers to detect the switch settings. Manufacturer | Bus Interface | Bus | Model | ISA EISA MCA | Master | | 8 16 | 32 | | | ____________________________|___|____|______|_____|________| WD | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | X | . | . | . | . | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | X | . | . | . | . | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| . | . | . | X | . | WD8003E ECP | X | . | . | . | . | WD8003E/A ECP/A | . | . | . | X | . | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | X | . | . | . | . | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | X | . | . | . | . | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | . | . | . | X | . | WD8003W ECP 10T | X | . | . | . | . | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | . | . | . | X | . | WD8003WT ECP TP | X | . | . | . | . | WD8013EBT ECP16 | ? | X | . | . | . | WD8003EP ECP Elite | X | . | . | . | . | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | ? | X | . | . | . | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | ? | X | . | . | . | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | ? | X | . | . | . | Manufacturer | Onboard Model | Ethernet Memory | CPU | Controller Transceiver | Low High | ____________________________|_______|____________|_____________|______|______| WD | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| . | . | . | . | . | WD8003E ECP | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003E/A ECP/A | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003W ECP 10T | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003WT ECP TP | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EBT ECP16 | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EP ECP Elite | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | . | . | . | . | . | Onboard is special processing hardware on the card. Such as it's own packet buffer memory. Controller etc. Manufacturer | Software Interface Model | ISA DMA | | | | byte | burst | demand | IO | Memory | ____________________________|______|_______|________|____|_________| WD | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| . | . | . | . | X | WD8003E ECP | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003E/A ECP/A | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003W ECP 10T | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003WT ECP TP | . | . | . | . | X | WD8013EBT ECP16 | . | . | . | . | X | WD8003EP ECP Elite | . | . | . | . | X | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | . | . | . | . | X | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | . | . | . | . | X | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | . | . | . | . | X | Manufacturer | IO Port Addresses Model | | Num | ____________________________|Ports|_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ WD | | | | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | 20h | 280h->340h WD8003SH StarLink Plus | 20h | 280h->340h WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| ? | ? WD8003E ECP | 20h | 200h->3E0h WD8003E/A ECP/A | ? | ? WD8003EB ECP with ROM | ? | ? WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | 20h | 280h->340h WD8003ET/A ECP/A | ? | ? WD8003W ECP 10T | 20h | 200h->3E0h WD8003W/A ECP 10T | ? | ? WD8003WT ECP TP | 20h | 280h->340h WD8013EBT ECP16 | 20h | 200h->2C0h, 300h, 340h, 380h WD8003EP ECP Elite | ? | ? WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | ? | ? WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | ? | ? WD8013W ECP Elite16T | ? | ? List the number of ports used and all possible IO addresses Manufacturer | DMA Channels Model | 8 bit | 16 bit | | 0 1 2 3 | 4 5 6 7 | ____________________________|___ ___ ___ ___|___ ___ ___ ___| WD | | | | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003E ECP | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003E/A ECP/A | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003W ECP 10T | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003WT ECP TP | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EBT ECP16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EP ECP Elite | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | List all possible DMA channels Manufacturer | IRQ numbers Model | PC | 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 ____________________________|___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ WD | | | | | | | | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003E ECP | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003E/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003W ECP 10T | X | X | . | X | . | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003WT ECP TP | X | X | X | X | X | X | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EBT ECP16 | X | X | X | X | . | X | X | X | X | . | . | X | WD8003EP ECP Elite | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | List all possible IRQ numbers Manufacturer | Interface RAM Model | Size Addresses | Low | High | ____________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______| WD | | | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | ? | ? | ? WD8003SH StarLink Plus | ? | ? | ? WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| ? | ? | ? WD8003E ECP | 8K | 8K | 8000h->FE00h WD8003E/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? WD8003EB ECP with ROM | ? | ? | ? WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | 8K | 32K | 8000h->DA00h WD8003ET/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? WD8003W ECP 10T | 8K | 8K | C000h->DE00h WD8003W/A ECP 10T | ? | ? | ? WD8003WT ECP TP | 8K | 32K | C000h->DA00h WD8013EBT ECP16 | ? | ? | ? WD8003EP ECP Elite | ? | ? | ? WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | ? | ? | ? WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | ? | ? | ? WD8013W ECP Elite16T | ? | ? | ? List all possible addresses and the low and high size of the RAM, which is used to interface to the card. Not applicable unless the card uses a shared memory segment interface. Manufacturer | Interface ROM Model | Size Addresses | Low | High | ____________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______| WD | | | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | . | . | . WD8003SH StarLink Plus | 16K | 64K | C800h->D800h in 400h increments WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| 16K | 64K | ? WD8003E ECP | . | . | . WD8003E/A ECP/A | 16K | 64K | ? WD8003EB ECP with ROM | 16K | 64K | ? WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | 16K | 64K | C000h->DC00h WD8003ET/A ECP/A | 16K | 64K | ? WD8003W ECP 10T | 16K | 64K | C000h->DC00h WD8003W/A ECP 10T | 16K | 64K | ? WD8003WT ECP TP | 16K | 64K | C000h->DC00h WD8013EBT ECP16 | 16K | 64K | C000h->DC00h WD8003EP ECP Elite | ? ? | ? WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | ? ? | ? WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | ? ? | ? WD8013W ECP Elite16T | ? ? | ? List all possible address and the low and high sizes of the ROM space Manufacturer | BOOT PROMs available Model | SUN LANMAN | 3com | Novell | PCNFS | BWNFS | DOS OS/2 | BOOTP ____________________________|______|________|_______|_______|_____|______|______ WD | | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003E ECP | . | . | . | . | . | . | WD8003E/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003W ECP 10T | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003WT ECP TP | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EBT ECP16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8003EP ECP Elite | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Manufacturer | Software Drivers Available Model | NDIS | FTP | | DOS | OS/2 | Packet | ____________________________|_1__2_|_1__2_|________| WD | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| WD8003E ECP | WD8003E/A ECP/A | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | WD8003W ECP 10T | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | WD8003WT ECP TP | WD8013EBT ECP16 | WD8003EP ECP Elite | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | NDIS DOS 1 - NDIS 1.x drivers for DOS NDIS DOS 2 - NDIS 2.x drivers for DOS NDIS OS/2 1 - NDIS 1.x drivers for OS/2 NDIS OS/2 2 - NDIS 2.x drivers for OS/2 FTP Packet - this field can contain the following FTP - from FTP software Clarkson - from the clarkson collection manuf - from the manufacturer Manufacturer | Software Drivers Available Model | Novell | DEC | FTP | SUN | | OBJ | ODI | PCSA | Native | PCNFS | ____________________________|_____|_____|______|________|_______| WD | | | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| WD8003E ECP | WD8003E/A ECP/A | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | WD8003W ECP 10T | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | WD8003WT ECP TP | WD8013EBT ECP16 | WD8003EP ECP Elite | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | Novell OBJ - Novell linkable only .OBJ files Novell ODI - Novell 386 ODI interface DEC PCSA - dll driver FTP Native - prelinked into the FTP TCP/IP kernel Manufacturer | Network Management Supported Model | SNMP | SNMP | | | UDP | ether| CMIP | ____________________________|______|______|______| WD | | | | WD8003S StarCard Plus | WD8003SH StarLink Plus | WD8003ST/A StarCard Plus/A| WD8003E ECP | WD8003E/A ECP/A | WD8003EB ECP with ROM | WD8003EBT ECP with ROM | WD8003ET/A ECP/A | WD8003W ECP 10T | WD8003W/A ECP 10T | WD8003WT ECP TP | WD8013EBT ECP16 | WD8003EP ECP Elite | WD8013EP ECP Elite16 | WD8013EW ECP Elite16C | WD8013W ECP Elite16T | SNMP UDP - SNMP over IP/UDP SNMP ether - SNMP over raw Ethernet packets CMIP - CMOP over IP/TCP Manufacturer | Address/Contact information Model | | Programming information contact ____________________________|_________________________________________________ WD | | Western Digital Corporation | 2445 McCabe Way | Irvine, California 92714 | | (800) 847-6181 | (714) 863-0102 | (714) 660-4909 FAX | (910) 595-1139 TLX | | For information call | (800) 638-5323 USA | (800) 448-8470 CANADA Include all the known offices for the manufacturer including international offices. 1-800 numbers are also great to include. 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